<prompt> Human: Im not good at stories.Im a plumber. I have been working an incredible amount of overtime hours. Today for example I left my house here in Richmond to drive to Vancouver to pick up my helper in the company van to drive all the way to Abbotsford. To then get yelled at and abused by boss other trades have been trying to make me feel better because he is being very abusive infront of the General Contractor and other trades and then leaving the jobsite today 4:00 to get back to the office at 5:00 to drop off material and I literally just walked through the door at home. Im mentally exhausted from my boss yelling at me and I havent gone to the gym in weeks and im in low priority in dota and I swear this is the darkest timeline. I dont even care if I cant find work I cant just take this mental abuse anymore.I just need to know what I can do to protect myself from my boss incase he does not want to pay these overtime hours that he owes me and what the laws are on the timeframe he has to pay me out.  <response>: I have no idea how things work in Canada, but you guys typically are much more civilized than us Americans so I would assume its similar. Virtually no employer is ballsy enough to withhold pay from an employee because the government comes down incredibly hard with fines and penalties. States are very good at extracting what is rightfully owed. The only caveat is you must have good documentation. PS: Have a few beers, sleep on it, and double make sure you want to do this before you do it. 