Employment standards – Submit an anonymous tip

Overview

You can let government know about an employer who isn’t meeting minimum employment standards in one of 2 ways:

• an anonymous tip
• a formal complaint

All tips are reviewed, but priority is given to tips from vulnerable workers and those relating to chronically non-compliant employers.

Not all tips will be investigated or result in enforcement action.

How to make an anonymous tip

Step 1: Attempt to resolve the issue with the employer.

We encourage you to try to resolve the issue with the employer before submitting an anonymous tip or formal complaint.

Step 2: Review the employment standards rules.

The employment standards rules will help you understand laws regarding:

• unpaid wages
• unpaid overtime
• unpaid vacation pay
• unpaid general holiday pay
• youth employment
• foreign worker and temporary foreign worker employment

If your issue is not related to one of the topics listed above, do not submit an anonymous tip.

Step 3: Decide if you want to submit a formal complaint or anonymous tip.

You must choose either an anonymous tip or formal complaint. Don’t submit both for the same issue.

Formal complaint

A formal complaint is filed by an employee against an employer. The employee’s name and contact information is associated with the complaint.

The only way to recover unpaid wages or other entitlements is through a formal complaint.

Learn more about how to file an employment standards complaint.

Anonymous tip

Anyone can submit an anonymous tip – it is not limited to employees.

People submitting a tip won’t have their name associated with it and won’t be informed of the status or any investigation findings.

Step 4: Use the following form to submit your anonymous tip.

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