The applicant appealed an Employment Standards Officer's refusal to issue an Order to Pay for severance and termination pay.
The applicant's employment was terminated in 1990, but he did not file a claim until 1996, after learning of a successful claim by other employees.
The applicant argued the employer was estopped from relying on the limitation period due to statements in his termination letter.
The Board held that section 82(2) of the Employment Standards Act imposes a strict cap on the recovery of money to the two years prior to the Director's knowledge of the claim.
The Board found no basis to relieve against this cap and dismissed the appeal as statute-barred.
