Hi everyone,
I am wondering how to determine if a business falls under “seasonal industry”.
A potential client reached out to me. It’s a painting company, usually having 14 or 15 full time employees from Oct till March, and around 37-40 employees during spring, summer and early fall. This happens periodically every year. My question is, what do we need to do to prove to ESDC that this employer and occupation fall under the definition of seasonal industry according to ESDC (Seasonal is defined as when both the industry and the occupation experience significant fluctuations in labour demand between “peak” and “off-peak” periods, usually occurring on or around the same dates every year)? I already called ESDC but the agent was not able to give me clear answers.
If the employer falls under the definition, we can apply for a low wage LMIA for 7 people (because we would be able to use peak season weeks for calculation), but if it doesn’t, we can apply for 2 people only, so quite a difference.