In that situation, there would in fact be a limit. Someone who has not realized for years and years that there was a problem would be limited to 12 months or 24 months for vacation pay, based on the mechanisms under the code.
It should be noted that this rule applies to almost all the governments across Canada. Our timeline is as generous as, if not more generous than, all other governments. The only exception is Newfoundland and Labrador, where the timeline is not specified. In all other cases, no place has more than 12 months for wages.
Something else that I should mention is that the code does not prevent and will not prevent an employee from using civil remedy to recover any other amount. In that case, the employee could certainly go in court and ask to be reimbursed for all the other amounts. We specify that the limit only applies to the mechanisms used under the code. Nothing prevents civil remedy and the code does not impose any limit to that effect. Once again, an employee in that situation could hire a lawyer. If it is a small amount, the person could go to the small claims court. No one is opposed to that, but, based on the mechanisms under the code, we expect the employee to file a complaint within a reasonable timeframe so that we can process it.