N-1.1 - Act respecting labour standards

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81.11. Parental leave may not begin before,
(1)  in the case of a birth, the week of the newborn’s birth or, if the birth occurs in the context of a parental project involving surrogacy, the week the child is entrusted to the employee who is a party to the project or the week the employee leaves work to travel outside Québec to be entrusted with the child; or
(2)  in the case of an adoption, the week the child is entrusted to the employee in accordance with the adoption procedure or the week the employee leaves work to travel outside Québec to be entrusted with the child.
It shall end not later than 85 weeks after the week of the birth or, in the case of an adoption or of a parental project involving surrogacy, 85 weeks after the week the child was entrusted to the employee.
However, in the cases and subject to the conditions prescribed by regulation of the Government, parental leave may end at the latest 104 weeks after the birth or, in the case of an adoption or of a parental project involving surrogacy, 104 weeks after the week the child was entrusted to the employee.
1990, c. 73, s. 34; 1997, c. 10, s. 3; 2002, c. 80, s. 40; 2020, c. 23, s. 30; 2023, c. 13, s. 60.
81.11. Parental leave may not begin before the week the child is born or, in the case of adoption, the week the child is entrusted to the employee within the framework of an adoption procedure or the week the employee leaves his work to go to a place outside Québec in order that the child be entrusted to him. It shall end not later than 78 weeks after the birth or, in the case of adoption, 78 weeks after the child was entrusted to the employee.
However, in the cases and subject to the conditions prescribed by regulation of the Government, parental leave may end at the latest 104 weeks after the birth or, in the case of adoption, 104 weeks after the child was entrusted to the employee.
1990, c. 73, s. 34; 1997, c. 10, s. 3; 2002, c. 80, s. 40; 2020, c. 23, s. 30.
81.11. Parental leave may not begin before the week the child is born or, in the case of adoption, the week the child is entrusted to the employee within the framework of an adoption procedure or the week the employee leaves his work to go to a place outside Québec in order that the child be entrusted to him. It shall end not later than 70 weeks after the birth or, in the case of adoption, 70 weeks after the child was entrusted to the employee.
However, in the cases and subject to the conditions prescribed by regulation of the Government, parental leave may end at the latest 104 weeks after the birth or, in the case of adoption, 104 weeks after the child was entrusted to the employee.
1990, c. 73, s. 34; 1997, c. 10, s. 3; 2002, c. 80, s. 40.
81.11. Parental leave may not begin before the week the child is born or, in the case of adoption, the week the child is entrusted to the employee within the framework of an adoption procedure or the week the employee leaves his work to go to a place outside Québec in order that the child be entrusted to him. It shall end not later than 70 weeks after the birth or, in the case of adoption, 70 weeks after the child was entrusted to the employee.
However, in the cases and subject to the conditions prescribed by regulation of the Government, parental leave may end at the latest 104 weeks after the birth or, in the case of adoption, 104 weeks after the child was entrusted to the employee.
1990, c. 73, s. 34; 1997, c. 10, s. 3; 2002, c. 80, s. 40.
81.11. Parental leave may not begin before the day the child is born or, in the case of adoption, the day the child is entrusted to the employee within the framework of an adoption procedure or the day the employee leaves his work to go to a place outside Québec in order that the child be entrusted to him. It shall end not later than 70 weeks after the birth or, in the case of adoption, 70 weeks after the child was entrusted to the employee.
1990, c. 73, s. 34; 1997, c. 10, s. 3.
81.11. Parental leave may not begin before the day the child is born or, in the case of adoption, the day the child is entrusted to the employee within the framework of an adoption procedure or the day the employee leaves his work to go to a place outside Québec in order that the child be entrusted to him. It shall end not later than one year after the birth or, in the case of adoption, one year after the child was entrusted to the employee.
1990, c. 73, s. 34.