10 (1) Subparagraph 209.3(1)(a)(ii) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
(ii) the employer must comply with the federal or provincial laws that regulate the employment or recruitment of employees, including foreign nationals, in the province in which the foreign national works,
(ii.1) the employer must make available to the foreign national, in both official languages of Canada, the information referred to in paragraph (a.1),
(2) Subparagraphs 209.3(1)(a)(vii) to (xi) of the French version of the Regulations are replaced by the following:
(vii) il ne peut, dans le cas où il emploie un étranger visé par un règlement, un décret ou un arrêté pris en vertu de la Loi sur les mesures d’urgence ou de la Loi sur la mise en quarantaine, prendre de mesure qui empêche celui-ci de respecter les exigences qui y sont prévues, notamment exiger de l’étranger qu’il fasse quelque chose qui y est contraire,
(viii) il ne peut, dans le cas où il emploie un étranger visé par une loi provinciale qui régit la santé publique adoptée en réponse à la COVID-19, prendre de mesure qui empêche celui-ci de respecter les exigences qui y sont prévues, notamment exiger de l’étranger qu’il fasse quelque chose qui y est contraire,
(ix) dans le cas où il lui fournit un logement, il doit — pendant toute la période de quarantaine à laquelle est tenu l’étranger conformément à un règlement, un décret ou un arrêté pris en vertu de la Loi sur les mesures d’urgence ou de la Loi sur la mise en quarantaine — fournir un logement qui est séparé de celui fourni aux personnes qui ne sont pas en quarantaine et qui permet à l’étranger de garder une distance d’au moins deux mètres avec les autres,
(x) il lui fournit, dans le cas où il fournit un logement à un étranger visé par un règlement, un décret ou un arrêté pris en vertu de la Loi sur les mesures d’urgence ou de la Loi sur la mise en quarantaine, des produits de nettoyage pour nettoyer et désinfecter régulièrement le logement,
(xi) il lui fournit, dans le cas où il fournit un logement à un étranger contaminé par la COVID- 19 ou qui en présente des signes ou des symptômes, un logement qui a une chambre individuelle, avec accès à une salle de bain privée, qui lui permet de s’isoler,
(3) Paragraph 209.3(1)(a) of the Regulations is amended by striking out “and” at the end of subparagraph (xi) and by adding the following after subparagraph (xii):
(xiii) the employer, except in the case of an employer who employs a foreign national to perform work under an international agreement between Canada and one or more countries concerning seasonal agricultural workers and the agreement includes health insurance, must obtain and pay for private health insurance that covers emergency medical care, for any period during which the foreign national is not covered by the applicable provincial health insurance system,
(xiv) the employer must make reasonable efforts to provide access to health care services when the foreign national is injured or becomes ill at the workplace,
(xv) the employer must not, directly or indirectly, charge or recover from the foreign national the fees referred to in subparagraph (xiii) or subsection 315.2(1) or any fees related to the recruitment of the foreign national, with the exception of the fees referred to in subsections 296(1), 298(1) and 299(1) and fees related to the recruitment of the foreign national that are authorized to be charged or recovered under an international agreement between Canada and one or more countries concerning seasonal agricultural workers, and
(xvi) the employer must ensure that any person who recruited the foreign national for the employer does not, directly or indirectly, charge or recover from the foreign national the fees referred to in subparagraph (xiii), subsection 315.2(1) or any fees related to the recruitment of the foreign national, with the exception of the fees referred to in subsections 296(1), 298(1) and 299(1) and fees related to the recruitment of the foreign national that are authorized to be charged or recovered under an international agreement between Canada and one or more countries concerning seasonal agricultural workers;
(4) Subsection 209.3(1) of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after paragraph (a):
(a.1) on or before the foreign national’s first day of work that is during the period of employment for which the work permit is issued to the foreign national, the employer must provide the foreign national with a copy in their chosen official language of Canada of the most recent information with respect to the foreign national’s rights in Canada that is made available by the Government of Canada for that purpose; and
(5) Subsection 209.3(3) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Justification
(3) A failure to comply with any of the conditions set out in subparagraphs (1)(a)(i) to (xiv) and paragraphs (1)(a.1) and (b) is justified if it results from a:
(a) a change in federal or provincial law;
(b) a change to the provisions of a collective agreement;
(c) the implementation of measures by the employer in response to a dramatic change in economic conditions that directly affected the business of the employer, provided that the measures were not directed disproportionately at foreign nationals employed by the employer;
(d) an error in interpretation made in good faith by the employer with respect to its obligations to a foreign national, if the employer subsequently provided compensation — or if it was not possible to provide compensation, made sufficient efforts to do so — to all foreign nationals who suffered a disadvantage as a result of the error;
(e) an accounting or administrative error made by the employer, if the employer subsequently provided compensation — or if it was not possible to provide compensation, made sufficient efforts to do so — to all foreign nationals who suffered a disadvantage as a result of the error;
(f) circumstances similar to those set out in paragraphs (a) to (e);
(g) superior force; or
(h) an error in interpretation made in good faith by the employer with respect to its compliance with the conditions set out in any of subparagraphs (1)(a)(vii) to (xi).
(6) Section 209.3 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following after subsection (4):
Marginal note:Justification
(5) A failure to comply with any of the conditions set out in subparagraphs (1)(a)(xv) and (xvi) is justified if the employer
(a) made all reasonable efforts to comply with the condition; and
(b) subsequently provided full compensation to the foreign national for the fees that were incorrectly charged or recovered.