u/Kitchen_Computer_587

I'm honestly really frazzled and frustrated with everything going on at the moment, I worked for a business on Whyte ave for 6 months, I quit back in June (he should have legally paid me months ago) because the working conditions were extremely poor and I wasn't being paid on time. I even made a Reddit post because I was scared of being wrong about my rights. I've been just trying to move on with life but it's a bit frustrating seeing as the better baker owner (my former employer) recently blew up on Instagram over a croissant making it very hard to ignore. (4 million views type of blowing up) He makes a point to say that he gave an influencer free food and how that really annoyed him when they allegedly didn't post (which he shows zero evidence of mind you), which is funny because he hasn't paid me for 128 working hours. 5 shifts a week for a whole month, where I opened and closed the store, where I tried my hardest to be the best employee I could be all to not get paid ANY OF IT. So he gets to be all mad about free pastries, but I'm not allowed to be upset about my rights being violated? Talk about hypocrisy...

He owes me 2584 dollars, 353 of which are my unpaid vacation hours because he can't follow simple laws and doesn’t care to pay overtime either…

I have 5 other employees who are owed money still, two of which haven’t worked there in almost a year. 3/6 of us have had the government declare that he owes them money, when officers try and reach out he just doesn’t respond and then their cases go to collections. The other 3 are waiting up to 22 WEEKS for their applications to even be reviewed, but we know that even after the government says we are owed money the same thing will just keep happening. Our total is more than 10k dollars, hundreds of hours of work that we haven’t been paid for. I’m just praying the people of Edmonton will have our backs, that they will see that we are just trying to be compensated for all of our hard work. The economy is already bad enough, why are people who are just trying to get by forced to undergo all this additional stress?

I truly believe small businesses are the backbone of our community, however the workers at a small business shouldn’t have to suffer because of a bad owner.

Edit: to anyone saying the timing is convenient you can check my account and see if posted in June asking for advice about quitting there!!

His company name is better baker inc. BTW search that up instead and see that there are unpaid claims? Also I can’t add more than one photo to a post, you guys want proof so bad how about you listen to the people telling you themselves. >!Maybe unlock it and I’ll add him telling me “he’s getting to it” when I asked for my money, I’ll add him ignoring my employment standards complaint after HE told me to email him.!<

https://espermitsportal.labour.alberta.ca/UnsatisfiedJudgmentsList/

Search term: The Better Baker

The inclusion of the "The" is important when searching.

ANOTHER ADDITIONAL EDIT: please check out @stiffedbybetterbakeryeg for more information and other employees story. Thank you guys for all the support it really means a lot to all of us.

Hi! I work for a small business in the city, like SUPER small, but my rights are being violated and I’m looking to quit without notice, I’m worried the owner may try and sue me for leaving as there are few employees and me leaving would potentially cause them. They are not paying us on time nor have I ever been payed overtime, so legally I’m pretty sure I’m allowed to just leave due to the fact that almost all of my payments have been over 10 days after the end of the pay period. However I’m still very nervous about leaving, I don’t want to say the company name for obvious reasons (owner is extremely petty and despite having a lot of evidence I think they would threaten me) I know multiple employees who have yet to get their final checks and they have reported them to the Alberta government. I don’t want to give notice because I know they will make me do a lot of work during that week and I probably wouldn’t get payed for all that extra time. They also hire quite young and myself and others believe it’s because young employees don’t know their rights. Does anyone have any legal advice on this?

EDIT: Hi, just wanted to say that I quit today! My boss hasn’t said anything yet but thank you all for the advice!