A Brampton-based employer has been handed a rare 30-day jail sentence for failing to pay 43 employees more than $125,000 in wages, as the Ministry of Labour vows to ramp up enforcement. Over the past two decades, the courts have imposed fewer than 10 jail sentences on bosses who ignore orders to pay. The last employer jailed for that offence in 2016 served a prison term of one day. In total, Sesek owed former employees — many of whom were university students — around $127,000, with individual claims ranging from $700 to $12,000 each. In an email to the Star, Sesek said he was challenging the conviction.

Source: thestar June 06, 2017 22:30 UTC