Ontario Severance

2517906 Ontario Inc. (o/a Temporary Personnel Solutions) v. Ontario (Director of Employment Standards)

2024 ONSC 3300 (CanLII)Divisional Court (Ontario Superior Court of Justice)Decided Employment standards

Judicial Review: Employment Standards Appeal Process

Summary

This is a judicial review application concerning the appropriateness of bypassing the statutory appeal process under the Employment Standards Act, 2000. The applicant, a temporary staffing agency, sought to challenge Employment Standards Orders without first paying amounts into trust as required by section 116, arguing impecuniosity and procedural unfairness. The Divisional Court held that judicial review was inappropriate because the statutory appeal process provides an accessible and expeditious remedy, and the applicant failed to meet the high evidentiary threshold for impecuniosity.

Key Factors

  • judicial review
  • alternative remedies
  • Employment Standards Act, 2000
  • impecuniosity
  • procedural fairness

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