CHARLOTTETOWN - A wind turbine maker in Charlottetown is under investigation by P.E.I.'s Labour Relations Board after employees complained they're owed up to eight weeks of back pay.

Entegrity Wind Systems sent most of their workers home late last month after running into financial trouble.

But most of their 50 employees haven't been paid since mid-May.
The company has not filed for bankruptcy.

Roy Doucette, director of labour and industrial relations with the Labour Department, said they are still trying to determine the status of the company.

The department issued an order this week that requires Entegrity to pay its employees.

The company has 10 days to appeal. If they don't pay, the Labour Department will issue a judgment against Entegrity in the courts.

"We don't know a whole lot yet, except for the fact we have employees obviously who have not been paid," Doucette said. "We have authority to put third-party demands on monies coming into the company."

Entegrity has offices in Charlottetown and Boulder, Colo., and a production plant in Albany, P.E.I.