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Kelowna contractor ordered to pay $90k in unpaid wages to temporary foreign workers © Provided by Global News construction worker putting decorative plaster on house exterior A Kelowna-based construction business has been ordered to dish out more than $90,000 in unpaid wages to three former employees hired under the Temporary Foreign Workers Program. The three workers were hired by Everlasting Stucco in 2018 as stucco plasterers and were listed on the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) issued by Service Canada as prospective employees of Harkanwaldeep Singh, according to an appeal deci...

December 28, 2020 - 7:00 AM A Kelowna contractor who exploited foreign workers and was ordered to pay $90,000 in unpaid wages to several people he hired through the Temporary Foreign Workers Program has lost an appeal to have the ruling overturned. According to a Nov. 23 B.C. Employment Standards Tribunal decision that was recently published, Kelowna firm Everlasting Stucco and Stone argued the Tribunal made several errors and failed to "observe the principles of natural justice" when in April it fined the company $2,500 for reducing the workers' wages by $10 an hour and fai...