Thirteen former employees of Dutchie’s Fresh Market will soon get the wages they’re owed.

The business director for the Kitchener grocer, Michael Renkema, plead guilty in December 2024 to 13 counts of wage theft under the Employment Standards Act. He was supposed to be sentenced in February, but the hearing was postponed while Renkema worked on a resolution.

On Tuesday, a court heard that both Dutchie’s and Renkema are in the process of paying the unpaid wages to those 13 former employees.

The justice of the peace, Michael Cuthbertson, said Renkema’s sentencing would be pushed back to May 2025 to ensure all the promised money had been paid.

While the latest development may come as welcome news to those 13 employees, others are still waiting for their wages...

Sentencing has been set for May 30...