The applicant sought judicial review of an employment standards officer's order finding it to be a related employer to a bankrupt company and ordering it to pay over $500,000 in vacation, termination, and severance pay.
The court exercised its discretion to permit judicial review because the applicant lacked the funds to pay the deposit required for a mandatory review by the Ontario Labour Relations Board.
The court quashed the officer's order, finding no evidence to support the conclusion that the applicant was created with the intent or effect of defeating the purposes of the Employment Standards Act.
