COURT BULLETIN
MANAGER FINED $15,000 FOR PROVIDING FALSIFIED DOCUMENTS TO AN EMPLOYMENT
STANDARDS OFFICER
May 19, 2026
Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills DevelopmentConvicted: Sameer Devgon, the manager of a Boston Pizza franchise in Pembroke,
Ontario
Location of Workplace: Boston Pizza, 1108B Pembroke Street East, Pembroke,
Ontario
Description of Offences: The defendant provided false or misleading information
to an employment standards officer, contrary to section 131(1)of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA), constituting an offence under
section 132of the Act.
Date of Offences: August 4, 2023
Date of Convictions: March 30, 2026
Penalty Imposed:
* Following a guilty plea in the Provincial Offences Court in Pembroke, the
defendant was fined $15,000 by Justice of Peace the Jennifer L. Grant; Crown
Counsel was Evan Schiller.
* The court also imposed a 25 per cent victim fine surcharge as required by the
Provincial Offences Act. The surcharge is credited to a special provincial
government fund to assist victims of crime.
Background:
* On July 19, 2023, an employment standards officer was investigating a
complaint involving an employee at a Boston Pizza franchise, relating to
entitlements under the ESA.
* During the investigation, the defendant identified themselves as the
restaurant’s manager and asserted that the employee was not entitled to
termination pay due to wilful misconduct.
* On July 25, 2023, the employment standards officer issued a demand for
records requiring the defendant to provide documents supporting their
position.
* On August 4, 2023, the defendant provided documents to the employment
standards officer including complaint forms from customers and a co-worker
about the employee.
* Subsequent inquiries by the employment standards officer established that the
alleged complainants had not made the complaints; the documents provided by
the defendant were falsified.
* Providing false or misleading information to an employment standards officer
violated section 131(1)
of the Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA), which is also an offence under
section 132
of the Act
