The role and regulation of private, for-profit employment agencies in the British Columbia labour market and the recruitment of temporary foreign workers

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dc.contributor.authorParrott, Daniel
dc.contributor.supervisorFudge, Judy
dc.contributor.supervisorMatwychuk, Margo Lyn
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-18T22:54:36Z
dc.date.available2012-09-02T11:22:03Z
dc.date.copyright2011en_US
dc.date.issued2011-08-18
dc.degree.departmentFaculty of Lawen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Laws LL.Men_US
dc.description.abstractMy thesis examines the role and regulation of private, for-profit employment agencies in the British Columbia labour market with respect to the recruitment of temporary foreign workers. In it, I reviewed the historical origins of employment agency legislation in Canada. I go on to describe Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program in connection with the transfer of federal immigration authority to the provinces. I also present a case study demonstrating how temporary foreign workers are recruited for the Live-in Caregiver Program in British Columbia, and use the study as a basis for comparing British Columbia’s employment agency legislation with the agency licensing regimes in the other Western Provinces. I conclude that Manitoba’s recent Worker Recruitment and Protection Act frames a best practice model for the protection of foreign workers during the recruitment process, and I encourage other provinces like British Columbia to develop and legislatively frame a similar set of best practices.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/3479
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectBritish Columbiaen_US
dc.subjectAlbertaen_US
dc.subjectSaskatchewanen_US
dc.subjectManitobaen_US
dc.subjectTemporary Foreign Workersen_US
dc.subjectEmployment Agenciesen_US
dc.subjectEmployment Standards Legislationen_US
dc.subjectForeign Worker Recruitmenten_US
dc.subjectLawen_US
dc.subjectLive-in Caregiver Programen_US
dc.subjectImmigration Policyen_US
dc.subjectOccupations requiring lower levels of formal trainingen_US
dc.subjectPhilippinesen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.subjectEmployment Agencies Legislationen_US
dc.titleThe role and regulation of private, for-profit employment agencies in the British Columbia labour market and the recruitment of temporary foreign workersen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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