Acts and Regulations

E-7.2 - Employment Standards Act

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Right of underpaid employee to sue employer
12An employee to whom an employer has paid wages at a rate less than the minimum rate established by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council in the industry, business, trade or occupation in which the employee is employed is, in addition to any other remedy provided under this Act, entitled to sue for and recover as an ordinary debt from their employer the difference between the wages the employee has actually received from their employer and the wages the employee would have received from their employer if the employee had been paid in accordance with the minimum rate.
2022, c.33, s.4
Right of underpaid employee to sue employer
12An employee to whom an employer has paid wages at a rate less than the minimum rate established by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council in the industry, business, trade or occupation in which he is employed is, in addition to any other remedy provided under this Act, entitled to sue for and recover as an ordinary debt from his employer the difference between the wages he has actually received from his employer and the wages he would have received from his employer if he had been paid in accordance with the minimum rate.