Please see article below. It really shows that the canada goverment is watching all agency who are asking money from the people who want to work here.
Mga kabayan kung may kilala kayong ganito, wag kayong matakot. dahil may law ang canada na nakasuporta sa inyo..
gamitin ang forum na toh para tulungan ang isat-isa sa mga impormasyon na kelngan para mawala na ang ganitong sistema.
tutulong ang edmonotn pinoy para ipakalat ang mga impormasyon para dito..
salamat,
Bolabing
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An unlicensed Alberta employment agency has paid back $15,000 in illegal fees in a scam involving foreign workers.
The money was paid back by Josephine Ramoso of Edmonton.
She recently pleaded guilty in provincial court to operating without a licence.
It was found she took money from local Filipinos to recruit relatives in the Philippines to work in Canada.
But the workers remained in the Philippines and were never offered jobs.
On top of the $15,000, Ramoso was also fined $4,500.
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta ... 73306.html____________________________________________________________________
Edmonton woman fined for exploiting foreign workers
By Taylor Bendig, edmontonjournal.comJanuary 22, 2010 11:03 AM
EDMONTON — An Edmonton woman has been fined $4,500 for running an employment scam that targeted the city’s Filipino community.
Josephine Garcia Ramoso, who operated as the unlicenced employment agency ‘4 J’s Garcia,’ illegally collected $15,000 from co-workers and other Edmonton residents, claiming the fee was to recruit their relatives in the Philippines to jobs in Alberta. But those relatives remained in the Philippines, and were never offered jobs by Garcia.
Alberta’s Fair Trading Act forbids employment agencies from charging workers a fee to find them jobs.
“If employment agencies take advantage of foreign workers, we take it very seriously,” said Service Alberta Minister Heather Klimchuk.
“We investigate and take action, and we work hard to get restitution for the workers through the courts.”
Charges of operating without a licence, fraud, unfair practices and charging illegal fees were brought against Garcia in December, 2008. On Dec. 17, 2009, she pleaded guilty in provincial court to nine counts of operating without a licence.
Garcia paid back the $15,000 in fees by a court-ordered Jan. 15 deadline, and was fined a further $500 for each count of operating without a licence, to be paid by Sept. 10.
“Most employment agencies in Alberta treat their clients fairly and follow the law,” said Klimchuk.
“However, those that take advantage of people face serious consequences.”
tbendig@thejournal.canwest.com (c) sourceThe Edmonton Journal
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