由于执法不力和检查减少,安大略省工人所欠的未支付工资为2 000万加元,其中79.9万加元尚未收回。
Ontario workers are owed $200M in unpaid wages, with $79.9M unrecovered due to weak enforcement and declining inspections.
根据工人行动中心使用政府数据的一份报告,过去十年,安大略省工人被拖欠近 2 亿美元的拖欠工资,尽管政府努力征收,但仍有 7990 万美元未收回。
Ontario workers were owed nearly $200 million in unpaid wages over the past decade, with $79.9 million still unrecovered despite government collection efforts, according to a report by the Workers’ Action Centre using government data.
执法不力、工作场所检查减少、雇主起诉急剧下降(自2017年以来减少了85%),使得工人,特别是弱势新来者,难以收回合法挣得的工资。
Weak enforcement, declining workplace inspections, and a sharp drop in employer prosecutions—down 85% since 2017—have left workers, especially vulnerable newcomers, struggling to recover wages they legally earned.
尽管裁决和法律行动,如留置和扣押,但包括移民工人Alberto Ojeda在内的许多人仍然没有工资,这凸显出工资盗窃执法方面的系统性危机。
Despite rulings and legal actions like liens and garnishments, many, including immigrant worker Alberto Ojeda, remain unpaid, highlighting a systemic crisis in wage theft enforcement.