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Originally Posted by edgeprod
I had no idea that even exists in Canada. In the U.S., when you don't get paid on small amounts like this, you just bitch about it -- which is what I'm doing right now. 
If I'd known they'd seize his assets to pay me and others he stiffed, I would have done it just to have a laugh about it. Remember, though: Mark promised me all along that he was going to pay me any time now, so there was no reason to pursue anything. He told me that his wife was stopping him, etc, etc. Told me a lot of rotten shit about his wife, come to think about it, and it always made me uncomfortable to hear ... but I digress. |
bottom line, you passed your time frames where you could have done something about it, for little to no costs.
wages are very serious here in Canada. Like I said before, you can't even bankrupt out of them, if you owe wages that debt will follow you for life till you pay them. They won't take everything, but they will take a percentage of everything you earn for life, and take all assets unless there is no or minimal equity in them. in other words, he can own something like 5% equity in his house, everything else will be seized, $3-$4K equity in a car, but leases are ok (every province if different but they are all similar, I don't live in Ontario, I'm in Manitoba)
small claims is just a debt that says on a person for i think it's 10 years. but any real estate sold pays that debt first.
but there are time frames to file, for small claims it's 2 years, i don't know the deadline for wages but i doubt you can get anything if it's 4 years