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Q&A: Employment Law for Locally-Engaged Staff of Embassies and Consulates in Canada

Q&A: Employment Law for Locally-Engaged Staff of Embassies and Consulates in Canada

Q&A is a recurring series on the Vey Willetts LLP blog. The aim is to provide quick answers to questions we commonly encounter in our day-to-day practice of employment law. In this edition, we focus on how employment law applies to foreign embassies and consulates that engage Canadian citizens and permanent residents to work at their diplomatic missions in Canada (“locally-engaged staff”).