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=== First steps ===
=== First steps ===
#Contact your employer and see if you can resolve the problem directly.
#Contact your employer and see if you can resolve the problem directly.
#If your employer has not responded within 10 days, obtain a "[http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/labour/opd/700_10/page03.shtml Payment Claim Kit]" from [[Employment Standards (Canada)]] of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC). The kit contains a labour standards pamphlet and a Payment Claim letter to your employer. Read the pamphlet and complete and send the Payment Claim letter to your employer.
#If your employer has not responded, or if the problem has not been resolved, obtain a "[http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/search/eforms/index.cgi?app=prfl&frm=lab1166&ln=eng Complaint Form]" from [[Employment Standards (Canada)]] the Service Canada website.
#Your employer has 10 days to respond to your Payment Claim. If he or she does not, or the matter is not resolved, you can file a [http://www.servicecanada.gc.ca/cgi-bin/search/eforms/index.cgi?app=prfl&frm=lab1060&ln=eng Complaint Registration Form], following the <span class="noglossary">instructions</span> in the Payment Claim Kit.


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=== What happens next ===
=== What happens next ===


HRSDC <span class="noglossary">will</span> investigate your complaint and attempt to resolve it with you and your employer.
Your complaint will be reviewed by a Labour Program inspector, who will determine whether a violation has occurred. If you or your employer disagree with the findings, there will be an opportunity to provide more information before a final determination is made.  


If the complaint can't be resolved, it <span class="noglossary">will</span> be sent to an independent adjudicator appointed by HRSDC, who <span class="noglossary">will</span> hear from both sides and then make a decision called a determination.
If you or your employer are not satisfied with the determination, you can request a review to the Minister of Labour within 15 days after the notice was served. If, after the review, you or your employer remain unsatisfied, you can appeal to a referee.  
 
If you are not satisfied with the determination, you can appeal it to the Minister of Labour within 15 days of receiving the determination. The Minister <span class="noglossary">will</span> then appoint a referee to make a formal decision.


== Where to get help==
== Where to get help==
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