Dyan Jeny Enterprises Fined $5,000, Ordered $12,000 Restitution in Saskatchewan Foreign Worker Case
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Updated · DiscoverMooseJaw.com · Aug 11
Dyan Jeny Enterprises Fined $5,000, Ordered $12,000 Restitution in Saskatchewan Foreign Worker Case
2 articles · Updated · DiscoverMooseJaw.com · Aug 11
Summary
$5,000 in fines and $12,000 in restitution were imposed on Dyan Jeny Enterprises after it pleaded guilty in Moose Jaw to charging a foreign worker to keep his job.
Parth Patel paid three $4,000 installments in 2023 after the employer said he had to pay $12,000—or lose employment support tied to his permanent residency pathway; prosecutors said the job had first been priced at $25,000.
Court heard the new owners never kept Patel at the workplace after taking over in August 2023, but continued issuing pay stubs and payments that he had to reimburse to preserve the appearance of employment.
Judge Steven Schiefner called the conduct “atrocious” and exploitative, though he accepted the joint submission partly because the company pleaded guilty and spared the complainant from testifying.
The case marks Saskatchewan’s first charges under the former Foreign Worker Recruitment and Immigration Services Act; prosecutors said the old law’s maximum fine was 12 times lower than under the current Immigration Services Act.