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      Live-in Caregivers in Saskatchewan: deprivatization of precarious labour

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      Date
      2015-12-11
      Author
      Turcotte, Alexandra
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      The Live-in Caregiver Program as part of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a unique immigration stream. Women, particularly from the Philippines, leave their families to care for Canadian families in need of home-based care in any province in Canada. The Live-in Caregiver Program is the only immigration stream where employees live in the homes of their employers. In turn, caregivers are subject to the labour standards of the province of which they reside. This thesis, focusing on Saskatchewan, examines the elements that construct federal live-in caregiver policy, Saskatchewan immigration policies, and Saskatchewan labour legislation in combination. This thesis seeks to determine if live-in caregiver labour rights are sufficiently protected and examines the potential for abuse that caregivers may experience resultant of working and living in the same space.
      Degree
      Master of Arts (M.A.)
      Department
      Political Studies
      Program
      Political Science
      Supervisor
      Smith, Charles
      Committee
      Berdahl, Loleen; Holroyd, Carin; Beland, Daniel
      Copyright Date
      November 2015
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2015-11-2303
      Subject
      Saskatchewan, immigration, immigration policy, women, labour, labour policy
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