SOCI – Annex A - Application of Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPS) and Bans for Non-Compliant Employers – September 28, 2023

Administrative Monetary Penalties

• From the inception of the International Mobility Program (IMP) in 2015, to date, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada has imposed 127 Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs), totaling over $640,000.
• For the AMPs issued under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), we would defer to Economic and Social Development Canada as they oversee employer compliance inspections under the TFWP.

Program Bans

• Any employer who has received a ban as part of their consequence for non-compliance under either the International Mobility Program (IMP) or the TFWP is ineligible to use either program until the period of their ban has elapsed.
• Further to a program ban, an employer may be ineligible to access the IMP or TFWP as a result of non-payment of an AMP.
• As of September 26, 2023:
  • 310 employers are ineligible to access either the IMP or the TFWP due to non-payment of their AMP.
  • One (1) employer has received a permanent ban as a result of an inspection under the IMP or the TFWP.
  • 17 employers have active program bans as a direct result of an inspection under the IMP or the TFWP.