The practice got him fired. Turns out every supervisor had done it for 19 years
A warehouse supervisor was fired for time theft. But a judge found the practice he was accused of had been routine at the company for years, used by every supervisor before him and long after his firing.
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that Olympic Wholesale Company Limited, an Ajax, Ont., food distributor, did not have just cause to dismiss its night shift supervisor and ordered pay in lieu of notice totalling 33 months. In a decision released June 26, 2026, Justice S. Woodley also found the dismissal was carried out in bad faith.
The supervisor had worked for the company since July 24, 2006, starting as a warehouse labourer before his promotion to night shift supervisor in 2015. On Oct. 5, 2023, at age 55 and after 17 years of service, he was terminated for cause without notice, accused of "fraudulent activity" and "time theft." At the time he was earning $62,182.72 a year plus benefits valued at roughly $500 a month.
The company argued the supervisor had manipulated payroll by adding hours to certain workers and then lied when confronted. He testified that he had "topped up" hours when employees skipped breaks or left early after finishing their work, a practice he said matched the union contract's guarantee of 40 hours a week. He said he never personally benefited and never hid the edits, which were logged under his own code.
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