Registry of employers of foreign workers

Employers are required, by law, to register with the provincial government if they employ current or newly hired foreign workers and must renew and update their registration annually.  There is no fee for registration.

Under the Employment Standards Act, temporary foreign workers are afforded the same rights as New Brunswick workers.

The registry will enable the Employment Standards Branch to contact the employers and deliver educational sessions to both the employers and employees about their rights and responsibilities.

Education session request form

Employers are prohibited from:

• requiring foreign workers to use and pay an immigration consultant
• recovering ineligible recruitment and transportation costs from the foreign worker
• misrepresenting employment opportunities
• supplying false information about employer and employee rights and responsibilities
• preventing workers from leaving employer-provided accommodations for private accommodations
• reducing wages or changing any other terms or conditions of employment undertaken in the recruitment of a foreign worker
• threatening deportation
• taking possession of a foreign worker’s identity documents (e.g., passport) and work permit

The Employment Standards Branch provides free information sessions on the following:

• Rules of payment and payroll records 
• Minimum wage/overtime and minimum reporting wage
• Notice of dismissal, layoff or termination
• Paid public holidays and vacation/vacation pay
• Foreign workers
• Employment of children
• All leaves under the act including domestic, intimate partner and sexual violence leave, maternity leave and child-care leave

For information on Immigration and settlement in New Brunswick, please see Immigration and Settlement in New Brunswick, Canada

• Registry of employers of foreign workers (PDF 390 KB)