If you are an employer and you have made an overpayment to your employee, whether or not that overpayment was “wages” or benefits, can you unilaterally deduct that overpayment from the employee’s wages? Section 21 of the Employment Standards Act (“ESA”) provides that “an employer must not, directly or indirectly, withhold, deduct or require paymentContinue reading “Deducting overpayment from employee paycheques: What employers need to know”