The president of Manitou Springs Mineral Spa in Watrous, Sask., has been fined after making employees pay back their wages.
Dwight Hayter pleaded guilty under The Labour Standards Act for requiring an employee to return some or all of their wages, minimum wage of annual paid holiday.
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The charge was laid in April 2015 after employment standard officers received both anonymous and public complaints alleging Manitou Springs required employees to return wages they had been paid.
The company has since re-paid all of the wages returned by the employees.
Two of the employees received back a total of $4,697.50.
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Hayter was fined $2,000 in Watrous provincial court on Thursday, along with having to pay an $800 surcharge.