P.E.I. labour board probes wind turbine company
A wind turbine maker in Charlottetown is under investigation by P.E.I.’s Labour Relations Board after employees complained they’re owed up to eight weeks of back pay.
Entegrity Wind Systems sent most of their workers home late last month after running into financial trouble.
But most of their 50 employees haven’t been paid since mid-May.
The company has not filed for bankruptcy.
Roy Doucette, director of labour and industrial relations with the Labour Department, said they are still trying to determine the status of the company.
The department issued an order this week that requires Entegrity to pay its employees.
The company has 10 days to appeal. If they don’t pay, the Labour Department will issue a judgment against Entegrity in the courts.
“We don’t know a whole lot yet, except for the fact we have employees obviously who have not been paid,” Doucette said. “We have authority to put third-party demands on monies coming into the company.”
Entegrity has offices in Charlottetown and Boulder, Colo., and a production plant in Albany, P.E.I.
It manufactures, installs and maintains 50-kilowatt commercial-scale wind turbines.
Calls to the company’s offices in both Charlottetown and Boulder were not returned.
P.E.I. taxpayers could be on the hook for $400,000 if the company fails.
Canadian Press
10 July 2009
Tags: Wind power, Wind energy
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