Although Bill 18 has been in effect for 2 years now, it is not widely known. As an organization partnering with a staffing agency, the implications of this bill are vital to understanding your role and responsibility as hosting client to a temporary workforce.

With a significant portion of the Canadian workforce still unemployed (10.9% reported for this July, as compared to 5.6% last year) or on temporary layoff, you might expect to have a plentiful pool of qualified job seekers ready to apply. Unfortunately, you might have found this may not be the case.