Program delivery update: Employer compliance
This section contains policy, procedures and guidance used by IRCC staff. It is posted on the department’s website as a courtesy to stakeholders.
November 18, 2019
The Employer Compliance instructions have been updated to improve clarity, to describe when an officer may refer a concern about an employer to the IRCC Employer Compliance Investigations Unit, and to ensure alignment with the temporary residence e-Application process.
In addition, transitional instructions regarding offers of employment for those employers actually exempt from the compliance regime and their applications received before the exemption effective date of February 27, 2018, have been removed.
Updated instructions
- Assessing the genuineness of the offer of employment on a work permit application
- Employer-specific work permits with Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) exemptions (International Mobility Program)
- Employer compliance inspections
- Review of wages, occupation and working conditions provided to previous temporary workers
- Steps to determine work and assessment of work permit applications
- Application of consequences where an employer is found non-compliant with the conditions
- Application of consequences where an employer is found non-compliant with the conditions – Assessing the severity of violation
- Exemption from the employer compliance regime for the International Mobility Program