{"data":{"cache":"2026-06-03 10:04:58","id":1007537,"previous_administration_flag":0,"assets":null,"contacts_custom":null,"contacts_default":null,"contacts":"<p><strong>Media Relations<\/strong><br \/>Communications Branch<br \/><a href=\"mailto:mlitsdmedialine@ontario.ca\">mlitsdmedialine@ontario.ca<\/a><\/p>","content_title":"Temporary Help Agency and Director Fined $150,000 Total for Failing to Pay Wages","clean_title":"Temporary Help Agency and Director Fined $150,000 Total for Failing to Pay Wages","content_subtitle":null,"content_lead":"<p><strong>Convicted:<\/strong> 12066424 Canada Inc., a temporary help agency at 7 Margaret Street, Leamington, Ontario, and its director, Son-Van Duong<\/p>","content_body":"<p><strong>Location of Workplace:<\/strong> 7 Margaret Street, Leamington, Ontario<\/p><p><strong>Description of Offence:<\/strong> 12066424 Canada Inc. failed to comply with an Order to Pay wages, contrary to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/laws\/statute\/00e41#BK257\">section 103(8)<\/a> of the <em>Employment Standards Act, 2000<\/em> (ESA). Son-Van Duong failed to comply with a Director\u2019s Order to Pay wages, contrary to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/laws\/statute\/00e41#BK260\">section 106<\/a> of the ESA. These are offences under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/laws\/statute\/00e41#BK303\">sections 132<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/laws\/statute\/00e41#BK307\">136<\/a>&nbsp;of the ESA.<\/p><p><strong>Date of Offence:<\/strong> Summer and fall of 2023<\/p><p><strong>Date of Conviction:<\/strong> April 23, 2026<\/p><p><strong>Penalty Imposed:<\/strong><\/p><ul>\t<li><span><span>Following an ex parte trial in Windsor Provincial Offences Act Court, Justice of the Peace Holly DeBacker convicted both defendants. 12066424 Canada Inc. was fined $100,000 and Son-Van Duong was fined $50,000. Crown Counsel was Jamie Chiang.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\t<li><span><span>The court also imposed a 25 per cent victim fine surcharge as required by the <em>Provincial Offences Act<\/em>. The surcharge is credited to a special provincial government fund to assist victims of crime.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Background:<\/strong><\/p><ul>\t<li><span><span>In early 2023, an Employment Standards Officer with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development conducted an investigation into 12066424 Canada Inc. after the ministry received complaints about the company. The investigation identified contraventions of the ESA, including unpaid minimum wage entitlements and termination of assignment pay.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\t<li><span><span>The officer then conducted an audit of the employer\u2019s records for 2022, which determined that hundreds of employees were owed wages, including regular wages, public holiday pay and vacation pay. The wages owed totalled $234,212.47.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\t<li><span><span>As a result, on June 29, 2023, the officer issued an Order to Pay to 12066424 Canada Inc. The order required the company to repay wages owed to employees plus administrative costs.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\t<li><span><span>The company did not pay the order and did not apply for a review to the Ontario Labour Relations Board within the required time.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\t<li><span><span>On August 3, 2023, the officer issued a Director\u2019s Order to Pay wages to the company\u2019s director, Son-Van Duong. This order made the director personally responsible for a portion of the unpaid wages.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\t<li><span><span>The director did not pay the order and did not apply for a review.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\t<li><span><span>Failing to comply with an Order to Pay wages or a Director\u2019s Order to Pay wages is a violation of the <em>Employment Standards Act, 2000<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>","default_contacts_included_flag":null,"keywords":"","language":"en","media_assets":null,"lead_ministry":{"id":242,"ministries_timeframes_id":6,"acronym":"MLITSD","acronym_fr":"MTIFDC","featured_story_boost":100000,"name":"Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development","name_abbreviated":"Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development","name_fr":"Minist\u00e8re du Travail, de l\u2019Immigration, de la Formation et du D\u00e9veloppement des comp\u00e9tences","name_fr_abbreviated":"Travail, Immigration, Formation et D\u00e9veloppement des comp\u00e9tences","created_at":"2025-03-19T20:25:45.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"updated_at":"2025-03-19T20:25:45.000000Z","pivot":{"release_id":1007537,"ministry_id":242,"lead_ministry_flag":1}},"partner_ministries":[],"ministry_acronym_opposite":"mtifdc","ministry_id":242,"ministry_acronym":"MLITSD","ministry_name":"Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development","ministry_abbreviated":"Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development","preview_expires":null,"quickfacts":null,"quotes":[],"regions":[],"release_date_time":"2026-06-03 14:15:00","release_date_time_formatted":"June 03, 2026","release_id_translated":1007537,"release_type_id":2007,"release_type_name":"Court Bulletin","release_type_label":"court","release_crossreferences_resources":"","release_resources":null,"slug":"temporary-help-agency-and-director-fined-150000-total-for-failing-to-pay-wages","slug_translated":"une-agence-de-placement-temporaire-et-son-administrateur-condamnes-a-une-amende-totale-de-150-000-dollars-pour-defaut-de-versement-de-salaires","status_type_id":3002,"streams":null,"owners":[],"tags":[],"topics":[{"label":"Courts, justice and law","description":"Ontario\u2019s laws and related information about our legal system, emergency services, the Ontario Provincial Police and victim services.","link":"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/courts-justice-and-law","value":10}],"unformatted_slug":"temporary_help_agency_and_director_fined_150000_total_for_failing_to_pay_wages","unformatted_slug_translated":"une_agence_de_placement_temporaire_et_son_administrateur_condamnes_a_une_amende_totale_de_150_000_dollars_pour_defaut_de_versement_de_salaires","release_distribution_id":5003,"release_language_distribution":7001,"distributed":false,"additional":{"content_notes":null,"content_location":null,"content_date":null,"content_time":null,"content_livestream_url":null,"content_epk_url":null,"content_nr_url":null,"content_crossreferences":[],"created_by":null,"content_assets":null,"content_assets_formatted":""}}}