Settlement Process: Charles Gordon and Job Positions

settlement process: Mac's and the consulting firms say the job positions were not guaranteed and the fees were not for job placement but for assistance with the immigration and settlement process, according to Toronto Star. The court's decision let the lawsuit proceed is significant as it means that workers recruited abroad to work in Canada and who have paid recruitment fees, or whose contracts of employment have not been honoured by Canadian employers, or who have otherwise had their rights infringed, have an effective means of seeking redress, said Charles Gordon, one of the lawyers for the plaintiffs. The four lead plaintiffs two each from Nepal and the Philippines allege that Mac's and the consulting firms had promised them jobs but failed to deliver, and that the consulting companies unlawfully collected recruitment fees from them. Acting individually, legal action is not feasible for such workers. Article Continued Below All three immigration companies named in the lawsuit Overseas Immigration Services, Overseas Career and Consulting Services OCCS and Trident Immigration are alleged by the claimants to be controlled by Surrey, B.C. man Kuldeep Bansal, a licensed consultant with the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council. By allowing them to act collectively as a class, the court has provided them a means of seeking justice. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.