Newsletter - January 2009
Effective January 1, 2009 new National Advertising Requirements have come into effect.
Follow these Two Easy Steps:
- Call 1-800-959-5525 to be assigned a business number (you need this to post your job on the National Service Canada job bank).
- Go to http://www.employers.jobbank.gc.ca/common-commun/Login-Connexion.asp to post your job or call us with your business number and we will post the job for you.
Info from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
Advertisement and Recruitment Efforts Required for Live-in Caregivers
Live-in caregivers can help families care for children, seniors or persons with disabilities.
You will be considered to have conducted the minimum recruitment efforts required if you undertake the two following activities:
- Advertise on the national Job Bank for a minimum of 14 calendar days; and
- Conduct similar recruitment activities consistent with the practice within the occupation for a minimum of 14 calendar days. For example, advertisement could be on recognized Internet job sites, in local and regional newspapers, in ethnic newspapers and Internet sites, at community resource centres (Aboriginal and newcomers) and local regional employment centres.
Both of the advertisement activities mentioned above must take place a maximum of (three) 3 months before the date you apply for a LMO.
The advertisement must include:
- Title: Live-in caregiver (include for a senior, child or person with disability)
- Terms of employment: Full-time and live-in
- Salary: Wage being offered
- Location: Community/neighbourhood location or major intersection
- Skills requirements:
- Education: Secondary school or equivalent
- Experience: At least one year of full-time experience during the past three years
- Work setting: Private home
- Work location information: Reside in private household for duration of employment; private accommodations will be provided; amount of room and board charged – write this in the additional information section on the job bank ($369.42 per month can be deducted for room and board in Ontario. Rates for other provinces should visit http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/foreign_workers/advertReq/wageadreq.shtml)
- Employer's name must be included in the advertisement; it can be a first name only (not necessarily the full name). It cannot be the name of an agency or third-party representative
- How to apply: Must include your telephone number.
When you apply for a Labour Market Opinion, you must demonstrate that you meet the advertising requirements by providing proof of advertisement and the results of your efforts to recruit Canadians or permanent residents with your application (e.g., information on the qualifications of Canadian applicants and why they were rejected). Records of your efforts should be kept for a minimum of six years, as stipulated in other federal and provincial legislations, such as the Income Tax Act.
HRSDC/SC reserve the right to require alternative or additional advertising efforts (i.e., increased duration (length of time) or broader advertisement (whether local, regional, or national)) if, in an officer judgment, additional efforts would yield qualified Canadian citizens or permanent residents who are available to work.
For the information direct from the Human Resources and Skills Development Canada website, go to: http://www1.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/foreign_workers/lcpdir/lcpdir-4.shtml#4.3