ABC hired an employee from Guatemala to do speciali work g factory

The agreement was to pay the employee the median wage for the province, which was S17 CDN per

hour for 40 hours per week. The application for both the LMIA and the work permit went smoothly,

and the employee has been working there for 2 months already. ABC approaches you because they

are concerned about a new law that has raised minimum wage in the province to S20 CDN per hour.

Unfortunately, this increase in wage means that the company must fire one employee. To make the

firing fair, the company will fire the most-recent hire, which was the employee from Guatemala. ls

this firing in accordance with the ESDC and IRCC employer conditions about LMIAs and hiring foreign

workers?

a. ln this circumstance, the firing is justified and the employer has not committed any compliance

violations.

b. ln this circumstance, the firing is not justified and the employer has committed compliance

violations.

c. An employer can fire an employee for any reason, regardless of if the employee is a foreign

worker or not.

d. ln this case, the employer would have to pay the employee for the remainder of the contract in

order to fire him

After resolving the issue above, you get a call from DEF Company because they were in a similar

situation in that they could not continue to pay a foreign worker who they recruited with an LMIA 4

years ago because their factory burned down after a machinery malfunction. lmmediately after the

fire, the company gave the employees a severance bonus and hired an employment specialist to help

them all get new jobs with different companies. The reconstructed factory is set to open in a month

and the director would like to know if they are banned from obtaining an LMIA to hire foreign

workers because of their previous situation. What would you advise?

a. Even though the fire was an exceptional circumstance, the company would be banned from

having an LMIA processed for a period of 6 years.

b. The company is justified in not completing the work contract in this situation and will likely be

able to hire other foreign nationals in the future.

c. The director would have to register this company as a new company, and only then can the

company be eligible to apply for an LMIA.

d. Th'e company is not justified in not completing the work contract in this situation and will likely

not be able to hire other foreign nationals in the future

Are private sponsors responsible for supporting the refugees they sponsor in any way other than

financially once they arrive in Canada?

a. No, they must only prove that they are supporting the refugee financially.

b. Yes, they must prove that the refugee has registered for a government-supported language

program.

c. Yes, they must prove that the refugee is employed within 6 months of their arrival.

d. Yes, they must prove that they have a plan to help the refugee integrate