US EditionAdvocacy group calls for worker trust fund after N.B. company’s $1M fine
Bolero Shellfish was fined $1 million, the largest ever under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker program, and banned for 10 years for wage and workplace abuse violations.
- On Oct. 8, 2025, Bolero Shellfish Processing Inc. in Saint-Simon, N.B., was fined $1 million, the largest federal penalty, and banned from the Temporary Foreign Worker program for a decade.
- The federal government said investigators found Bolero Shellfish Processing Inc. broke hiring and recruiting rules, failed to ensure a workplace free of abuse, and underpaid workers below their offer wages.
- At the processing plant, workers from Mexico and the Philippines said they had hours cut from scheduled 12- to 16-hour days to 20 hours weekly, MWAC reports.
- MWAC says Bolero workers should receive part of the $1 million fine and urges Ottawa to create the proposed trust fund and grant permanent status; nine applicants sought open work permits, with seven approvals.
- On Monday, Employment and Social Development Canada said inspections found employer non-compliance and rising penalties, yet 476 unpaid firms leave $7.5-million uncollected.
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dailyguardian.ca‘I still feel vulnerable’: Former worker at fined N.B. seafood company speaks out
A former employee alleged she and her co-workers faced threats that if they complained about conditions, they would be deported back to their home country.
The Hamilton Spectator
The RecordAdvocacy group calls for worker trust fund after N.B. company’s $1M fine
A migrant workers advocacy group says the employees of a New Brunswick shellfish company that was fined $1 million should be entitled to part of the money.
Winnipeg Free Press
Advocacy group calls for worker trust fund after N.B. company's $1M fine
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N.B. shellfish plant fined $1M, banned from foreign worker program for 10 years
A Saint-Simon shellfish plant was fined $1 million and banned from Canada's temporary foreign worker program for 10 years due to mistreatment of foreign workers, including improper wages and working conditions.
NB Seafood Company Fined $1M for Foreign Worker Program Violation
A New Brunswick seafood processing company has been fined $1 million and banned from using a government program to hire foreign workers for failing to comply with federal and provincial labour laws. Bolero Shellfish Processing Inc., located in Saint-Simon, N.B., received the maximum financial penalty on Sept. 17 for failing to offer appropriate wages and working conditions and for “failing to provide a workplace that was free of abuse,” Employme…
Bolero Shellfish Processing fined $1M for not complying with Temporary Foreign Worker Program - Food In Canada
Bolero Shellfish Processing, Saint-Simon, N.B., has been fined $1 million and barred from using the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) for 10 years, until Sept. 17. 2035, for failing to provide proper wages and working conditions, complying with federal and provincial labour laws, and providing a workplace that was free of abuse. This is the biggest penalty ever issued by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). Employers who are fo…
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