A landlord in Estevan, Sask., has successfully evicted a maintenance manager it fired from one of its rental units. The worker didn’t pay rent on the unit as it was part of his employment contract.
The landlord terminated the manager, E.C., because it was not satisfied with his services. E.C. agreed he had been let go, but expected to be paid for some of the outstanding work he had done. But this case was argued before the Office of Residential Tenacies Saskatchewan, which pointed out it had no authority over wages earned during employment.
“The parties are also agreed, as am I, that ‘pay’ issues are not within my jurisdiction, and instead must be reported as an Employment Standards Complaint pursuant to The Saskatchewan Employment Act,” the Office said in the ruling. “I did ask the tenant if he challenged his termination, or if he believed he was still employed, and he responded with ‘no’ to both questions.”
As the tenant is no longer employed by the landlord, the tenant is no longer owed the rental unit pursuant to that employment contract, it ruled.
For more information, see 6313248 Manitoba Ltd v Cabral, 2024 SKORT 833 (CanLII).
