Tactical guides for immigrant workers, Temporary Foreign Workers, and undocumented employees facing employer abuse, document confiscation, work permit threats, or unsafe housing. Build your evidence file safely, report without deportation risk, and access emergency permits when you need to escape.
Employer passport confiscation is illegal everywhere. How to document the confiscation, reclaim your documents safely, and report the employer without putting your status at risk.
Even during probation, employers cannot fire you for discriminatory reasons or in violation of your work permit terms. How to assess your case and protect your status.
How Temporary Foreign Workers and immigrants can report employer abuse to ESDC, IRCC, and other authorities without triggering permit cancellation or deportation.
Your legal rights when employer-provided housing is used as a tool of control โ substandard conditions, forced isolation, illegal rent deductions, and how to get out safely.
The most common employment scams targeting immigrant workers โ fake job postings, unpaid "training" periods, recruiter kickbacks โ and how to protect yourself.
Undocumented workers have wage theft rights too. How to recover stolen wages from an employer without revealing your status โ labour boards, anonymous claims, and worker centers that help.