A New Brunswick seafood processing company has been fined $1 million and banned from using a government program to hire foreign workers for failing to comply with federal and provincial labour laws.
Bolero Shellfish Processing Inc., located in Saint-Simon, N.B., received the maximum financial penalty on Sept. 17 for failing to offer appropriate wages and working conditions and for “failing to provide a workplace that was free of abuse,” Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) said in a statement. The company also received a 10-year ban from taking part in the temporary foreign worker (TFW) program.
“To date, this is the biggest penalty ever issued by the Department, because any mistreatment of workers or misuse of the Program will not be tolerated,” the government agency said in an Oct. 6 press release….