Royal Bank Of Canada: Foreign Workers

Zabeen Hirji Dept: TORONTO -- The Royal Bank of Canada was scrambling to explain its hiring practices to customers Sunday after a media report claiming the bank was employing foreign workers to replace Canadian staff prompted a flood of outrage, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Zabeen Hirji, chief human resources officer, said the company is working to find suitable roles for 45 Toronto employees whose jobs are being outsourced and Diane Finley: unacceptable if true CP Canada's largest bank TSX:RY said it has not hired foreign workers to take over the job functions of current employees, but said it uses outside companies as one of its strategies to improve "operational effectiveness." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.