The employer appealed an Order to Pay wages after withholding $10,280 from a terminated broker's commissions to cover a client's bad debt.
The employer argued the deduction was an allowable expense or, alternatively, authorized by the employee's e-mail.
The Ontario Labour Relations Board dismissed the appeal, finding that the deduction was an improper set-off against wages under the Employment Standards Act, and that the e-mail lacked sufficient particularity to constitute a written authorization for the deduction.
