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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

100

Currently banned

active bans

698

Total on record

all time

0

Bans expired this month

now eligible again

$21.3M

Total fines issued

all time

New bans — March 2024

4 employers added to the non-compliant list

Pho Bat Trang Corporation

· 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.

· Mar 20, 2024 · $15,000

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

· 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

· 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

Province breakdown

All banned employers on record, by province

ProvinceNewActiveTotal

+4100698

What employers are being punished for

Top 8 violation reasons across all banned employers

Did not provide documents requested by the inspector

516

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

199

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

185

Broke federal, provincial or territorial employment or recruitment laws

74

Did not keep documents proving employment conditions were met

61

Did not attend a meeting with the government inspector

61

Could not prove the LMIA job description was accurate

47

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

29

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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