I would add that it is easy to make an argument about our pay if we compare it to the salaries paid to workers from other organizations, such as the QPF or the blue collar workers in Montreal.

If the person is recruited as regular employee, a trainee or an apprentice in another Member State, the person will receive a salary (for a job contract) and/or an allowance (for a training or apprenticeship) to cover living and travel costs that can be financially supported, for instance, by the Youth Guarantee scheme.

After that we encourage the employers to pay the same wage they pay every other warehouse worker, because we do not believe there should be discrimination in these matters.

Considering the specially vulnerable situation of third-country national seasonal workers and the temporary nature of their assignment, there is a need to provide effective protection of the rights of third-country national seasonal workers, also in the social security field, to check regularly for compliance and to fully guarantee respect for the principle of equal treatment with workers who are nationals of the host Member State, abiding by the concept of the same pay for the same work in the same workplace, by applying collective agreements and other arrangements on working conditions which have been concluded at any level or for whic ...[+++]h there is statutory provision, in accordance with national law and practice, under the same terms as to nationals of the host Member State.

In 2007, Causeway's three social enterprises provided competitive wages to 107 severely mentally ill workers, and they earned in excess of $150,000 of earned revenues.

The effects on wages and employment would be more negative for some native workers, in particular low-skilled, due to substitution effects, and they would be positive for high-skilled workers, possibly through gains in productivity achieved thanks to complementarity between these workers and immigrants.