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ESDC Enforcement Report

September 2023

Source: Employment and Social Development Canada · Government of Canada

At a glance

5

New bans this month

-3 vs last month

7

Employers fined this month

fined, no hiring ban

$208K

Penalties this month

bans and fines

95

Currently banned

active bans

745

Total on record

all time

0

Bans expired this month

now eligible again

$30.0M

Total fines issued

all time

New bans — September 2023

5 employers added to the non-compliant list

0982024 BC Ltd.

British Columbia · Sep 26, 2023 · $129,000

Unpaid fine
  • ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
  • ›Did not cooperate with or provide information to the inspector
  • ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
  • +1 more violations
GreenTree Outdoor Living

Alberta · Sep 18, 2023 · $11,250

Unpaid fine
  • ›Could not prove the job offer information was accurate (record-keeping)
KH Gill Blueberry Farm Ltd.

British Columbia · Sep 13, 2023 · $15,000

Unpaid fine
  • ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Missadell Natividad

Alberta · Sep 5, 2023 · $15,000

Unpaid fine
  • ›Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws
  • ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
  • ›Did not maintain an abuse-free workplace (physical, sexual, psychological, financial, or reprisal)
Theron Horton

British Columbia · Sep 5, 2023 · $500

Unpaid fine
  • ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector

Fined — no hiring ban — September 2023

7 employers penalised but still eligible to hire

Transvol Ltée.

Quebec · Sep 15, 2023

$14,750
  • ›Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate
  • ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
  • ›Did not maintain an abuse-free workplace (physical, sexual, psychological, financial, or reprisal)
B & C Farm Ltd.

British Columbia · Sep 13, 2023

$10,750
  • ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
  • ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Cargo County Group

Ontario · Sep 15, 2023

$6,000
  • ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Le Delice Pastry Shop Ltd.

Ontario · Sep 15, 2023

$3,000
  • ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
JMG Carrier Ltd.

British Columbia · Sep 26, 2023

$1,250
  • ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Mark Hurst

Ontario · Sep 11, 2023

$1,000
  • ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
$500
  • ›Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met

A fine without a ban means ESDC penalised the employer but did not stop them hiring foreign workers. Treat it as a reason to ask more questions, not as a verdict.

Province breakdown

All banned employers on record, by province

ProvinceNewActiveTotal

British Columbia

+332247

Alberta

+221173

Ontario

—19166

Quebec

—859

Manitoba

—330

Saskatchewan

—328

Nova Scotia

—315

New Brunswick

—311

Unknown

—07

PEI

—36

What employers are being punished for

Top 8 violation reasons across all banned employers

Did not provide documents requested by the inspector

545

Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for

212

Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer

208

Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws

80

Did not attend a meeting with the government inspector

71

Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met

67

Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate

50

Did not maintain an abuse-free workplace (physical, sexual, psychological, financial, or reprisal)

30

Bans that expired this month — September 2023

No bans expired in September 2023

No bans expired in September 2023.

Bans expiring in October 2023

No bans are scheduled to expire in October 2023

No bans expiring in October 2023.

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