Migrant Workers Awarded More Than $23K From N.S. Seafood Company
June 25, 2024
A cautionary tale is shared from Nova Scotia about poor treatment of migrant workers that entitled them to compensation. All foreign workers are covered by the Employment Standards Act and Regulation. These provisions include overtime pay, statutory holidays and holiday pay, annual vacations and vacation pay, and minimum wage.
Lower Wedgeport-based Ocean Pride Fisheries Ltd. has been ordered to compensate the workers for deductions from their wages, missing hours, and pay that should have been provided in lieu of notice of termination.
A group of eight migrant workers from Mexico has been awarded a total of more than $23,000 in lost compensation from a seafood company based in southwest Nova Scotia.
In a decision from the Nova Scotia Labour Board released on June 14, chair Jasmine Walsh ordered Lower Wedgeport-based Ocean Pride Fisheries Ltd. to compensate the workers for deductions from their wages, missing hours, and pay that should have been provided in lieu of notice of termination.