A really awful situation!!

[ash85]

Hi,
Here's my story so far..
I came to Canada on a study permit. Got an off campus work permit after and worked for a while.
My company A applied for the LMO but got rejected cos of wage issues. So I joined another company B a month before my work permit was to expire. They applied for concurrent processing ie they sent out my LMO application and my work permit application at the same time (a day before my off-campus work permit was to expire)
My employer got a positive LMO and sent it to CIC. But its been 2 and a half months and I've still not heard back from CIC regarding my work permit. When I called them, I was told its still not processed yet and it would take a few more weeks.
Anyway my main issue right now is my current employer has been abusing me work-wise since I'm not a resident yet and he has also threatened to call up Service Canada and cancel my LMO.
What I am worried about is if he does end up doing that, what are my options then?? I'm assuming since my work permit hasn't been processed yet, it will be rejected cos there wouldn't be an LMO approval anymore. All I have now is that I'm on implied status and my 3 month waiting period expires in the first week of February.
I'm totally confused and I have no clue what to do next..
Any help??

 

[sicko86]

Go Back To School finish your degree and get a Post Graduate Work Permit..

 

[ash85]

My bad..I meant to say post Grad work permit and not off campus permit.
I did finish school and get the post grad work permit. That was the one which expired a few months ago.
Thanks.

 

[Pippin]

Although the subject of abuse in the Minister's speech refers to the Caregiver programme, it may be of assistance to you as well. I did a Google Search and found the HOTLINE NUMBER: Toll Free 1-866-372-3247 I hope you are able to find the answers your need soon. Good Luck.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/speeches/2009/2009-12-12.asp#cont idcont
In addition to the information packages, we will be opening a new federal, dedicated Live-in Caregiver hotline that will be established 24-hours a day for people to call for help and guidance.

We have also created an agreement between CIC and Human Resources and Social Development to allow for fast-track emergency issuing of new work permits and Labour Market Opinions. This means that if a caregiver is in an abusive situation that she needs to leave, she will no longer be stuck for months and months searching for a new employer, getting a Labour Market Opinion, and getting the work permit as the clock ticks on her three-year maximum to permanent residency. Now, under the new provisions, she will be able to get a replacement Labour Market Opinion and work permit within three weeks.

Today’s announcement builds on recently proposed changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, of which the Live-in Caregiver Program is a part, which introduced penalties for employers who fail in their commitments to their employees. We announced those changes in October, and those changes say that if an employer abuses the terms of the contract or the work permit; they will be penalized, they will be sanctioned.

We are now working together between the federal and provincial governments. The provincial government is responsible for labour market enforcement, and the federal government is responsible for work permits and Labour Market Opinions. If the province identifies to us an abusive employer who told the caregiver to do things that they were not supposed to do—to work too many hours, to live in sub-standard conditions, for example—that employer will lose the right to sponsor or get a new work permit for a replacement caregiver in the future. We are creating a black list of bad employers, and they will know they can no longer exploit people as they have in the past.

 

[igbehinadara]

Sorry about your situation.The road is not closed yet, be optimistic and take all the shit for now.The patient dog they say eat the fattest bone.Be focused and be steadfast in prayers.

Seniors,pls contributions highly required for a brother in need.

Ig