Southeast Newcomer Services (SNS) and the Ministry of the Economy will host presentations with the Program Integrity and Legislation Unit (PILU) and Employment Standards on October 7 at the Days Inn’s Fireside Room.
Representatives will deliver a speech at 6 p.m. Jhaldair Roye, the information services advisor with SNS, said PILU wants to keep newcomers up-to-date about PILU’s services.
“Newcomers constantly come to Canada and come to Saskatchewan, so PILU wants to inform newcomers of their rights, and let them know there’s an actual organization that’s here to protect them, and protect their interests,” said Roye.
Employment Standards will have their presentation at 7 p.m. on newcomers’ rights.
“There are certain situations that we hear of where employers might hold individuals’ passports or their travel documents,” said Roye. “Those things are illegal, and many people don’t know that.”
There have been newcomers who have had problems with employers, or felt their rights were being violated.
“We expect to see a great turnout because a lot of people just don’t know this information,” said Roye. “We all have a basic understanding of what our rights are, but we don’t know the small details as well. We want people to be aware of the actual unit.”
Roye said PILU and Employment Standards reached out to SNS and other settlement organizations about hosting a presentation.
It’s not just about protecting workers from their employers, but also immigration consultants and anyone else who falls under the recruitment process. Roye said they have heard of people paying for their labour market assessment, which should not happen.
When SNS hosts these types of presentations, they get to clear up issues, and let people know what shouldn’t happen.
The session is free, but participants are asked to pre-register by contacting SNS.
