Enduring Work : Experiences with Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program / Catherine E. Connelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Connelly, Catherine E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers--Canada--Social conditions.

Foreign workers.

Foreign workers--Government policy--Canada.

Organizational behavior--Canada.

Organizational behavior.

Personnel management--Canada.

Personnel management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (197 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Montreal, Quebec : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Comparing the lived reality of agricultural workers, in-home caregivers, and low- and high-wage workers, and integrating the perspectives of employers both reluctant and reckless, Catherine Connelly unpacks the harms within Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program and offers nuanced strategies to improve it.

Contents:

Cover

Enduring Work

Title

Copyright

Contents

Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Subtle Differences in the Types of Mistreatment Endured by Different Groups of TFWs

2 Enduring Problems with Agents

3 Family: Social Capital under Strain

4 International Comparisons: Canada Is Not the Default Choice

5 Reluctant or Reckless: Canadian Employers' Use of the TFW Program

6 Conclusions: An Enduring Program for Enduring Work?

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Connelly, Catherine E. Enduring Work

ISBN:

9780228018001

0228018005

9780228017998

0228017998

OCLC:

1351568403