1. Le recours à l’embauche des travailleurs étrangers temporaires dans les secteurs saisonniers au Québec : le point de vue des employeurs.
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GRAVEL, SYLVIE, BERNSTEIN, STÉPHANIE, VILLANUEVA, FRANCISCO, HANLEY, JILL, CRESPO-VILLARREAL, DANIEL, and OSTIGUY, EMMANUELLE
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FOREIGN workers , *SEASONAL employment , *EMPLOYERS , *OCCUPATIONAL adaptation , *TEMPORARY employment , *SEASONAL industries , *LABOR supply , *EMIGRATION & immigration - Abstract
To satisfy its need for seasonal low-skilled labourers, Canada is hiring temporary foreign workers (TFWs). As part of a study on the management issues related to the hiring of TFWs, employers and informants from related NGOs and governmental agencies were interviewed about their motivations to use TFWs. The primary motivation, unlike that which would be expected, is not cost savings. The interest in hiring TFWs would appear to be based on cost-utility considerations, including the benefit of an available, efficient, loyal workforce during the whole season and the flexibility for employers to reduce risk and uncertainties related to the availability of labour. Employers thus give preference to TFWs rather than local workers, because they meet the entirety of their expectations of workforce flexibility, be it numerically or in relation to scheduling, remuneration or skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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