Sexual Assault: TFW

TFW: New rules for the controversial foreign worker program came into effect on Dec. 31, but they did not include a ban on employers who are convicted of human trafficking, sexual assault against an employee or causing the death of an employee. Those rules were part of what the Tories had said they planned to do when they first announced changes to the TFW program , according to Huffington Post. Instead, the new rules include a provision requiring employers to make reasonable efforts to provide a workplace free from abuse and The Harper government has quietly backed away from changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker TFW program that would have banned employers convicted of certain crimes from participating. In its official release of the new TFW program rules, the government explained the ban on convicted criminals was too rigid and cumbersome in the proposed form . (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.