MOOSE JAW, Sask.—A Saskatchewan business will stop using temporary foreign workers after pleading guilty to requiring a foreign worker to pay a fee to keep his job, in the province’s first conviction under its foreign-worker protection legislation.
Dhyan Jeny Enterprises Limited, which operates Guac Mexi Grill in Moose Jaw, appeared in Moose Jaw Provincial Court on Aug. 11 and pleaded guilty to one count under the Foreign Worker Recruitment and Immigration Services Act.
The Crown alleged that between Aug. 15, 2023, and Feb. 15, 2024, the company required a foreign worker, Parth Patel, to pay a fee or expense to continue working there, contrary to the act….