Canada:No Placement Fee Policy

The POEA has issued Memorandum Circular No.03 (series 2007) on the "no placement fee" policy for Canada for this purpose.

The general public is advised further that Canadian laws and regulations in certain provinces prohibit the charging of recruitment and placement fee from workers seeking employment in Manitoba, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Alberta provinces of Canada or from workers under the Pilot Project of the Canadian Government regardless of the province of destination in Canada.

The Pilot Project of the Govrnment of Canada for the hiring of foreign workers in occupations usually require a high school diploma or maximum of 2 years of job specific training (level C and D). The prevailing policy requires Canadian employers to cover all recruitment costs related to hiring of the foreign workers under the project.