• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Workers Action Centre

Organizing for Fair Employment

  • About
    • Contact us
  • Policy papers
  • Resources
  • Updates
    • Know Your Rights!
  • In the media
  • Stop Wage Theft
  • Join us
  • Support us
  • Know Your Rights
  • Know Your Rights
  • 知道你的权益
  • Conozca sus derechos
  • உங்கள் உரிமைகள்
  • Ogow xuquuqdaada
  • ਆਪਣੇ ਹੱਕਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਜਾਨਣ ਲਈ
  • আপনার অধিকার সম্পর্কে জানুন

Employers need to face real consequences

August 13, 2012

John Patino speaks out… I was working as a handyman for a cleaning company.  All of my paycheques were for the same amount of hours, but every cheque would have different deductions.   I regularly asked my boss to pay me with the correct deductions.  But the same thing kept happening.  Based on this I told my boss that I was not working with an honest person.  My boss terminated me for asking for my rights.   Despite the fact that we had an agreement that he would give me 15 days of notice if my job were to end, he terminated me with no notice.

I made a complaint to the Ministry of Labour to fight for my rights.  The Ministry of Labour told the employer to pay me what he owed me – termination pay and for all the incorrect deductions he made, and also that there would be a penalty issued against the company.

My message is for all the workers in Canada – we all have to make our rights count.  We can’t stay quiet.  We have to find organizations like WAC that can help us find our rights.  But these companies that do not follow the law, they also have to face real consequences for their actions.

Footer

Sign up for Action Alerts

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

© 2025 Workers Action Centre | Organizing for Fair Employment | Sitemap