How Ontario employers are getting away with $200 million in unpaid wages

Guest: Ghada Alsharif, Toronto Star immigration & work reporter

A new report has revealed that workers in Ontario are being shortchanged by nearly $200 million in unpaid wages. It’s called wage theft and, in many cases, workers aren’t getting paid even after the province officially orders their employers to do so.

Less than a quarter of the money sent to Ontario’s Ministry of Finance for collection has actually been recovered, leaving tens of thousands of workers still out of pocket.

In this episode, we speak with Toronto Star reporter Ghada Alsharif about her latest three-part investigation into Ontario’s growing wage theft crisis, and how the province’s weak enforcement system is allowing employers to avoid accountability, from shell companies to disappearing franchises.

This episode was mixed by Paulo Marques