81.17.1. An employee who is also a reservist of the Canadian Forces may be absent from work, without pay, for one of the following reasons:(1) if the employee is credited with 12 months of uninterrupted service, to take part in an operation of the Canadian Forces outside Canada, including preparation, training, rest and transportation from the reservist’s place of residence and back, for a maximum period of 18 months;
(2) to take part in an operation of the Canadian Forces in Canada whose purpose is to(a) provide assistance in the case of a disaster within the meaning of the Act respecting civil protection to promote disaster resilience (chapter S-2.4); (b) aid the civil power, on request of the Attorney General of Québec under the National Defence Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. N-5); or
(c) intervene in any other emergency situation designated by the Government;
(3) to take part in the annual training for the period prescribed by regulation or, if no such period is prescribed, for a period of not more than 15 days; or
(4) to take part in any other operation of the Canadian Forces, in the cases, on the conditions and for the period prescribed by regulation.
The designation of an emergency situation under subparagraph c of subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph comes into force on the date set by the Government, which date may be earlier than the date of the designation, and is published in the Gazette officielle du Québec.
2008, c. 30, s. 5; 2024, c. 182024, c. 18, s. 121.