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ESDC Enforcement Report

March 2024

Source: Employment and Social Development Canada · Government of Canada

At a glance

4

New bans this month

-7 vs last month

2

Employers fined this month

fined, no hiring ban

$191K

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 — March 2024

4 employers added to the non-compliant list

Pho Bat Trang Corporation

Ontario · Mar 26, 2024 · $6,000

Unpaid fine
  • ›Pay or working conditions did not match — or job was not as described — in the offer
Group au Coton Inc.

Quebec · Mar 20, 2024 · $15,000

Unpaid fine
  • ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Gary’s Towing

Ontario · Mar 8, 2024 · $16,000

Unpaid fine
  • ›Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met
  • ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
Gateway Newsstand

Ontario · Mar 8, 2024 · $75,000

Banned until Mar 8, 2029

Temp ban
  • ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector
  • ›Did not cooperate with or provide information to the inspector
  • ›Was not actively operating the business the foreign worker was hired for

Fined — no hiring ban — March 2024

2 employers penalised but still eligible to hire

Tornado Haulers Ltd.

Manitoba · Mar 8, 2024

$78,000
  • ›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
SPFM Insulation and Coatings Ltd.

Ontario · Mar 8, 2024

$1,000
  • ›Did not provide documents requested by the inspector

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

—32247

Alberta

—21173

Ontario

+319166

Quebec

+1859

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 — March 2024

No bans expired in March 2024

No bans expired in March 2024.

Bans expiring in April 2024

No bans are scheduled to expire in April 2024

No bans expiring in April 2024.

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