Act respecting labour standards Chapter IV - Larbour standards (Section 39.1 to 97)

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Chapter IV - Larbour standards (Section 39.1 to 97)

Division V.1 - Family or parental leave and absences (Section 79.7 to 81.17.6)

Section 81.8

Medical certificate

From the sixth week preceding the expected date of delivery, the employer may, in writing, require a pregnant employee who is still at work to produce a medical certificate attesting that she is fit to work.

Immediate leave

If the employee refuses or neglects to produce the certificate within eight days, the employer may oblige her to take her maternity leave immediately by sending her a written notice to that effect giving reasons.

1990, c. 73, s. 34.

Act respecting labour standards

Part I - Act respecting labour standards

Chapter I - Definitions (Section 1)

Section 1

Chapter II - Scope (Section 2 to 3.1)

Section 2

Section 3

Section 3.1

Chapter III - Functions and powers of the commission (Section 4 to 39)

Section 4 (Repealed)

Section 5

Section 6 (Repealed)

Section 6.1 (Repealed)

Section 6.2 (Repealed)

Section 7 (Repealed)

Section 8 (Repealed)

Section 9 (Repealed)

Section 10 (Repealed)

Section 10.1 (Repealed)

Section 10.2 (Repealed)

Section 11 (Repealed)

Section 12 (Repealed)

Section 13 (Repealed)

Section 14 (Repealed)

Section 15 (Repealed)

Section 16 (Repealed)

Section 17 (Repealed)

Section 18 (Repealed)

Section 19 (Repealed)

Section 20 (Repealed)

Section 21 (Repealed)

Section 22 (Repealed)

Section 23 (Repealed)

Section 24 (Repealed)

Section 25 (Repealed)

Section 26 (Repealed)

Section 27 (Repealed)

Section 28 (Repealed)

Section 28.1

Section 29

Section 29.1 (Repealed)

Section 29.2 (Repealed)

Section 30 (Repealed)

Section 31 (Repealed)

Section 32

Section 33 (Repealed)

Section 34 (Repealed)

Section 35

Section 36 (Repealed)

Section 37 (Repealed)

Section 38 (Repealed)

Section 39

Section 39.0.0.1

Section 39.0.0.2

Section 39.0.0.3

Section 39.0.0.4

Section 39.0.0.5

Section 39.0.0.6

Section 39.0.0.7

Chapter III.1 - Contributions (Section 39.0.1 to 39.0.6)

Division I - Interpretation (Section 39.0.1)

Section 39.0.1

Division II - Contributions and payments (Section 39.0.2 à 39.0.4)

Section 39.0.2

Section 39.0.3

Section 39.0.4

Division III - Miscellaneous provisions (Section 39.0.5-39.0.6)

Section 39.0.5

Section 39.0.6

Chapitre IV.1 - Dispositions particulières applicable aux situations de violence en milieu de travail (Art. 97.1)

Article 97.1

Chapter IV - Larbour standards (Section 39.1 to 97)

Division I - Wages (Section 39.1 to 51.1)

Section 39.1 (Repealed)

Section 40

Section 40.1 (Repealed)

Section 41

Section 41.1

Section 41.2

Section 42

Section 43

Section 44

Section 45

Section 46

Section 47

Section 48

Section 49

Section 50

Section 50.1

Section 50.2

Section 51

Section 51.0.1

Section 51.1

Division II - Hours of work (Section 52 to 59.0.1)

Section 52

Section 53

Section 54

Section 55

Section 56

Section 57

Section 58

Section 59 (Repealed)

Section 59.0.1

Division III - Statutory general holidays and non-working days with pay (Section 59.1 to 65)

Section 59.1

Section 60

Section 61 (Repealed)

Section 62

Section 63

Section 64

Section 65

Division IV - Annual leave with pay (Section 66 to 77)

Section 66

Section 67

Section 68

Section 68.1

Section 69

Section 70

Section 71

Section 71.1

Section 72

Section 73

Section 74

Section 74.1

Section 75

Section 76

Section 77

Division V - Rest periods (Section 78-79)

Section 78

Section 79

Division V.0.1 - Absences Owing to sickness, an organ or tissue donation, an accident, domestic violence, sexual violence or a criminal offence (Section 79.1 to 79.6)

Section 79.1

Section 79.1.1

Section 79.1.2

Section 79.2

Section 79.3

Section 79.4

Section 79.5

Section 79.6

Division V.1 - Family or parental leave and absences (Section 79.7 to 81.17.6)

Section 79.6.1

Section 79.7

Section 79.8

Section 79.8.1

Section 79.9

Section 79.10

Section 79.10.1

Section 79.11

Section 79.12

Section 79.13

Section 79.14

Section 79.15

Section 79.16

Section 80

Section 80.1

Section 80.2

Section 81

Section 81.1

Section 81.2

Section 81.2.1

Section 81.3

Section 81.4

Section 81.4.1

Section 81.5

Section 81.5.1

Section 81.5.2

Section 81.5.3

Section 81.6

Section 81.7 (Repealed)

Section 81.8

Section 81.9

Section 81.10

Section 81.11

Section 81.12

Section 81.13

Section 81.14

Section 81.14.1

Section 81.14.2

Section 81.15

Section 81.15.1

Section 81.16 (Repealed)

Section 81.17

Division V.1.1 - Absences of reservists employees (Sect. 81.17.1 à 81.17.6)

Section 81.17.1

Section 81.17.2

Section 81.17.3

Section 81.17.4

Section 81.17.5

Section 81.17.6

Division V.2 - Psychological harassment (Section 81.18 to 81.20)

Section 81.18

Section 81.19

Section 81.20

Division VI - Notice of termination of employment or layoff, and work certificate (Section 82 to 84)

Section 82

Section 82.1

Section 83

Section 83.1

Section 83.2

Section 84

Division VI.0.1 - Notice of collective (Section 84.0.1 to 84.0.15)

Section 84.0.1

Section 84.0.2

Section 84.0.3

Section 84.0.4

Section 84.0.5

Section 84.0.6

Section 84.0.7

Section 84.0.8

Section 84.0.9

Section 84.0.10

Section 84.0.11

Section 84.0.12

Section 84.0.13

Section 84.0.14

Section 84.0.15

Division VI.1 - Retirement (Section 84.1)

Section 84.1

Division VI.2 - Work performed by children (Section 84.2 to 84.7)

Section 84.2

Section 84.3

Section 84.4

Section 84.5

Section 84.6

Section 84.7

Division VII - Miscellaneous other labour standards (Section 85 to 87)

Section 85

Section 85.1

Section 85.2

Section 86 (Repealed)

Section 86.1

Section 87

Division VII.1 - Differences in treatment (Section 87.1 to 87.3)

Section 87.1

Section 87.2

Section 87.3

Division VIII - Regulations (Section 88 to 92)

Section 88

Section 89

Section 89.1

Section 90

Section 90.1

Section 91

Section 92 (Repealed)

Division VIII.1 - Labour standards in the clothing industry (Section 92.1 to 92.4)

Article 92.1 - Responsabilités

Article 92.2 (Abrogé)

Article 92.3 - Programme de surveillance

Article 92.4 (Abrogé)

Division VIII.2 - Personnel placement and temporary foreign workers (Section 92.5 to 92.12)

Section 92.5

Section 92.6

Section 92.7

Section 92.7.1

Section 92.7.2

Section 92.8

Section 92.9

Section 92.10

Section 92.11

Section 92.12

Division IX - Effect of labour standards (Section 93 to 97)

Section 93

Section 94

Section 95

Section 96

Section 97

Chapter V - Recourses (Section 98 to 135)

Division I - Civil recourses (Section 98 to 121)

Section 98

Section 99

Section 100 (Repealed)

Section 101

Section 102

Section 103

Section 104

Section 105

Section 106

Section 107

Section 107.1

Section 108

Section 109

Section 110

Section 111

Section 112

Section 113

Section 114

Section 115

Section 116

Section 117 (Repealed)

Section 118

Section 119

Section 119.1

Section 120

Section 121

Division I.1 - Recourse against prohibted practices (Section 121.1 to 123.5)

Section 121.1

Section 121.2

Section 121.3

Section 121.4

Section 121.5

Section 121.6

Section 121.7

Section 121.8

Section 122

Section 122.1

Section 122.2 (Repealed)

Section 123

Section 123.1

Section 123.2

Section 123.3

Section 123.4

Section 123.5

Division II - Recourse against psychological harassment (Section 123.6 to 123.16)

Section 123.6

Section 123.7

Section 123.8

Section 123.9

Section 123.10

Section 123.11

Section 123.12

Section 123.13

Section 123.14

Article 123.17

Section 123.15

Section 123.16

Division III - Recourse against dismissals not made for good and sufficient cause (Section 124 to 135)

Section 124

Section 125

Section 126

Section 126.1

Section 127

Section 128

Section 129 (Repealed)

Section 130

Section 131

Section 132

Section 133

Section 134

Section 135

Chapter VI - Bankruptcy (Section 136 to 138)

Section 136 (Repealed)

Section 137 (Repealed)

Section 138 (Repealed)

Chapter VII - Penal provisions (Section 139 to 147)

Section 139

Section 140

Section 140.1

Section 141

Section 141.1

Section 142

Section 143 (Repealed)

Section 144

Section 145 (Repealed)

Section 145.1

Section 146

Section 147

Chapter VIII - Miscellaneous, transitional and final provisions (Section 148 to 172)

Section 148 (Omitted)

Section 149

Section 150 (Omitted)

Section 151

Section 152

Section 153

Section 154

Section 155

Section 156

Section 157

Section 158

Section 158.1

Section 158.2

Section 158.3

Section 159

Section 160

Section 161

Section 162 (Omitted)

Section 163 (Omitted)

Section 164 (Omitted)

Section 165

Section 166

Section 167

Section 168

Section 169

Section 169.1

Section 170

Section 170.1

Section 171 (Omitted)

Section 172

Regulations adopted under the Act respecting labour standards

Regulation respecting labour standards (S.Q., 1979, c. 45, s. 88, 89 and 91; after revision : R.S.Q., c. N-1.1)

Definitions and interpretation (Section 1)

Section 1

Minimum wage (Section 2 to 5)

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 4.1

Section 5 (Repealed)

Maximum amount to be paid by employees for room and meals (Section 6 and 7)

Section 6

Section 7

Standard workweek (Section 8 to 13)

Section 8 (Repealed)

Section 9

Section 10

Section 11

Section 12

Section 13

Paid statutory holidays (Section 14)

Section 14 (Repealed)

Maternity leave (Section 15 to 35)

Section 15 (Repealed)

Section 16 (Repealed)

Section 17 (Repealed)

Section 18 (Repealed)

Section 19 (Repealed)

Section 20 (Repealed)

Section 21 (Repealed)

Section 22 (Repealed)

Section 23 (Repealed)

Section 25 (Repealed)

Section 26 (Repealed)

Section 27 (Repealed)

Section 28 (Repealed)

Section 29 (Repealed)

Section 30 (Repealed)

Section 31 (Repealed)

Section 32 (Repealed)

Section 33 (Repealed)

Section 34 (Repealed)

Section 35 (Repealed)

Notice of collective dismissal (Section 35.0.1-35.0.2)

Section 35.0.1

Section 35.0.2

Work by children (Section 35.0.3-35.2)

Article 35.0.3

Section 35.1

Section 35.2

Temporary and final provisions (Section 36 à 39.1)

Section 36 (Repealed)

Section 37 (Repealed)

Section 38 (Repealed)

Section 39 (Repealed)

Section 39.1 (Omitted)

Regulation exempting certain categories of employees and employers from division VI.I and from section 122.1 of the Act respecting labour standards (S.Q., 1979, c. 45, s. 90.1; after revision: R.S.Q., c. N-1.1)

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Regulation respecting personnel placement agencies and recruitment agencies for temporary foreign workers (chapter N-1.1, r. 0.1)

Chaper I - Interprétation (Sect. 1 to 3)

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Chapter II - Licence (Sect. 4 to 26)

Division I - General (Sect. 4)

Section 4

Division II - Issue and renewal (Sect. 5 to 20)

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Section 9

Section 10

Section 11

Section 12

Section13

Section 14

Section 15

Section 16

Section 17

Section 18

Section 19

Section 20

Division III - Obligations of a licence holder (Sect. 21 to 26)

Section 21

Section 22

Section 23

Section 24

Section 25

Section 26

Chapter III - Security (Sect. 27 to 39)

Section 27

Section 28

Section 29

Section 30

Section 31

Section 32

Section 33

Section 34

Section 35

Section 36

Section 37

Section 38

Section 39

Chapter IV - Administrative measures (Sect. 40 to 45)

Section 40

Section 41

Section 42

Section 43

Section 44

Section 45

Chapter V - Transitional and final (Sect. 46 to 50)

Section 46

Section 47

Section 48

Section 49

Section 50

Regulation excluding the institutions subject to section 90 of the Act respecting labour standards (S.Q., 1979, c. 45, s. 90; after revision: R.S.Q., c. N-1.1)

Section 1

Regulation respecting a registration system or the keeping of a register (S.Q., 1979, c. 45, s. 29, par. 3; after revision R.S.Q., c. N-1.1)

Section 1

Section 1.1 (Repealed)

Section 2

Section 3 (Repealed)

Regulation respecting contribution rates (R.S.Q., c. N-1.1, s. 29, par. 7, s. 39.0.2; 1999, c. 57, s. 1 and 2)

Section 1

Section 2 (Repealed)

Section 3 (Omitted)

Section 4 (Omitted)

Regulation respecting labour standards specific to certain sectors of the clothing industry (R.S.Q., c. N-1.1, s. 92.1)

General (Section 1-2)

Section 1

Section 2

Minimum wage (Section 3)

Section 3 (Repealed)

Standard workweek (Section 4)

Section 4

Statutory general holidays with pay (Section 5)

Section 5

Annual leave with pay (Section 6 to 9)

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Section 9

Leave for family events (Section 10 to 12)

Section 10

Section 11

Section 12

Final (Section 13)

Section 13 (Omitted)

National Holiday Act

Chapter F-1.1

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3 (Repealed)

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7 (Repealed)

Section 8

Section 9

Section 10 (Omitted)

Section 11

Section 12

Section 13

Section 14

Section 15

Section 16

Section 17

Section 17.1

Section 17.2

Section 18 (Omitted)

Section 19