Deadbeat Bosses Not Paying Wages

I like how in the Corporation one person (consultant on corporate governence or something) said that obeying the law is just anothe business decision. So if a corporation breaks a law and makes huge profits, it might be worth their while to do it since even with a huge fine they'd still make more than they would by obeying the law.

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"George Bush has declared the war on terrorism to be the cause of his generation. The cause of Canadian sovereignty will be ours." - John Godfrey, MP for Don Va

Jim this article is absolutely sick, why doesn't the ministry have any teeth, why don't they garnishee the wages from the company or even the owner of the company? They are protected by laws set up to cover the employer not the employee! Just awful!

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If I stand for my country today...will my country be here to stand for me tomorrow?

There'd usually be nothing left to garnishee. As mentioned in the article, these characters are very adept at going bankrupt, as a corporation, one day and setting up a new business the next.

In addition to salary, it's a good bet there's a lot of employee contributions, e.g., CPP, EI, tax, that doesn't end up being paid and most likely corporate taxes the government will end up swallowing.

Needless to say, the homes, cars, cottages, investments of these folks remain theirs.

It's shameful.

Surely the deadbeat bosses are lining their own pockets for failure in the process!

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Dave Ruston

Well, I had to go through the Ministry of Labour some years back, and my complaint took 18 months just to see the light of day.

I won, and my previous boss had to pay me back wages and holiday pay that he felt he didn't have to pay, but yes, the government passes all these laws, and then can't keep up to the complaints.

In this article, though, I get angry when these dirtbags close up and re-open the next day under a new name. Talk about knowing how to abuse the system !!!

That has to be looked into.

I'm not too happy with numbered corporations, either. They can hide a multitude of things, like owners, investors, etc.

We need a transparent system, and JAIL time for these deadbeats.

Just the fact that taxes, CPP and EI contributions aren't being paid should wake the government up to these huge losses.



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"Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
Jim Callaghan
Minden, Ontario
705-286-1860
www.misterc.ca

Yeah, Jim, think back to when Mike Harris first came to Queen`s Park, and suddenly everyone jumped aboard the bandwagon of welfare cheats and health care users who abused the system. The OUTRAGE! We had to put them 'beer drinkin` cigarette smokin` welfare moms' in their place! But when the rich, or, business people do it, well, that`s just smart business, don`t you know!

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Dave Ruston

The problem here is that people's personal fortunes don't suffer when their business declares bankruptcy. Years ago, my mom's boss' company went under owing her over $10,000. However, he walked away still owning a $500,000 house and was still a millionaire. Laws needs to be changed so that business bankruptcy includes the owners' personal bank accounts, possessions, etc.

You are Sooo right !!!

Enough protection for the wealthy.

I had a motorhome and put it in a rental plan at the Hitch House, near Barrie, Ontario. This is a true story, so no one can sue me.

It was in the plan for 4 years, and I spent thousands of dollars putting in a generator on their demand, since they said it wouldn't rent without a generator.

It seems no one used the generator very much, but it had to be there to make the unit more attractive.

Now comes the good part. Since we spent so much money on it to get it up to their standards, it took several years for the rentals to pay down the costs of the upgrades, and here it is:

When we finally made a profit of about $1500, they went into bankruptcy protection.

The owner of the Hitch House lives in a house valued at $5 million, but I didn't see a cent of my income.

The Hitch House is still in business today, and advertising on TV.

That is a piss-off.

That's the way it goes.


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"Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
Jim Callaghan
Minden, Ontario
705-286-1860
www.misterc.ca

Perhaps we are beginning to find out that the Canadian government really doesn't do much for it's citizens, except make empty promises. Can anyone name something our federal government actually DID for the citizens of our fair country? And by that, I mean formulate the bill, debate it, pass it, implement it, and have just about any person on the street be able to say, "Yep!" (and not from just reading some spin broadcast in some news byte.

Well, years ago, the federal government actually did some good things for Canada. But we haven`t seen that for a while. Not since the Trudeau years, anyway.

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Dave Ruston

There are many public servants who would appreciate the opportunity to address these types of problems. However, they're generally not going to be supported by the law or their employers.

Everything these people are doing is probably legal, if not right. Where it isn't, it would cost the government far more to prove it than can reasonable be justified, which these folks and their advisors know. So, a lot of stuff that's wrong goes unpunished and the perpetrators get to keep the items earned off someone else's back.

Law should be fairly simple in this, and many other, regards, i.e., intent and what in the view of most citizens is right. However, legal systems have developed into complex labyrinths that have ceased to meet the needs of the society they are intended to serve, becoming playgrounds for those who enjoy calculating, or debating, the number of angels that can dance on a pin.

To deal with these issues and many others, the legal system needs to be simplified and brought back to its role as a servant , rather than master, to society.

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Withhold power from those seek it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/opini ... 991668d15b "<i>Some stores (Walmart)encourage their employees to apply for food stamps and welfare; many take second jobs. Critics point out that Wal-Mart has consumed $1 billion in public subsidies, but that doesn't count the government expenditures required to keep its associates alive.</i>" The "invasion" by Walmart reminds me of the sci-fi book "The Day of The Triffids" http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue73/classic.html<p>---<br>RickW