Sask. company fined for not paying employees, unpaid wages recovered for workers

A company from Nipawin has been fined $5,600 after failing to pay wages owed to employees.

On April 9, Ridgewood Ranch Inc., operating as Ridgewood Construction, pleaded guilty to four violations under The Saskatchewan Employment Act in an Estevan courtroom.

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All four of the violations were due to failure to pay wages within 14 days of termination of employment. The company was fined $1,000, with an additional $400 surcharge on each count.

The charges stem from complaints that were received by Employment Standards between Feb. 10 and April 4, 2017.

Employment Standard officers determined that the employees involved were owed a total of $13,534.48. The employees have since been paid the full amount.

A report from the government shows that the Employment Standards Division at Labour Relations and Workplace Safety recovered more than $2.5 million in unpaid wages in 2016-17.