By Tara Carman and Dirk Meissner, the Vancouver Sun | Link to Article
By Tara Carman and Dirk Meissner, the Vancouver Sun | Link to Article
Tim Hortons has ended its relationship with a franchisee in Fernie and Blairmore, Alta. who was the target of an Employment Standards Branch investigation after a temporary foreign worker from the Philippines claimed he was denied overtime pay for years.
In an emailed statement, Tim Horton’s spokeswoman Olga Petrycki said the company has “terminated our relationship with the Blairmore, Alberta/Fernie B.C. franchisee for failing to comply with Employment Standards requirements, a matter Tim Hortons takes very seriously.”
She did not specify which employment rules the franchisee had breached.
B.C.’s Employment Standards Branch and the restaurant chain launched an investigation after Filipino Richard Pepito, a former employee, went public with accusations that the franchise owner gave him paycheques that included overtime, but then required Pepito to pay the owner the overtime back in cash.
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