So as the title says the owners are routinely late with signing our checks. According to my provinces labour laws, employers must to pay us by the end of the specified pay period.
However, the reality is even worse. My manager who writes the check can't find time to get them signed because they intentionally make themselves unavailable so they can delay paying us. (The end is a is a bit of speculation on my end, but my manager admitted to me that he had to remind the owners that it's illegal to not pay time and a half on holidays so I think it's not out of the question)
A lot of us are getting very fed up with this shit and I'm now wondering what we can do to force the owners to pay us on time. The nuclear option is a class action lawsuit but we're just “low skill” labourers so I don't think that's the ideal option. There's also the labour board but I have no idea if I can go that route if I have no idea the names of the owners or any of their contact info. And I don't want my manager caught in the crossfire because even though he's annoying AF sometimes, he genuinely does fight for us and has successfully given us wage bumps.