D-2, r. 13 - Decree respecting the building materials industry

Section 17.01 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

17.01. Standard working hours:

(1)  The standard workweek is 40 hours scheduled from Monday to Friday. The standard workday is 8 hours, except where an agreement has been concluded allowing an employer to schedule the working hours of his employees over a maximum of 4 consecutive days of 10 hours per day.

(2)  An employer may schedule the working hours of his employees on a basis other than a weekly basis, if he meets the following conditions:

(a)  the purpose of the schedule is not to avoid the payment of overtime hours;

(b)  he has obtained the consent of the employee concerned;

(c)  the schedule has the effect of granting the employee another type of benefit to compensate for the loss of payment of overtime hours;

(d)  the average of the working hours is equivalent to that of the standard workweek;

(e)  working hours are scheduled over a maximum period of 4 weeks;

(f)  the duration of the schedule must not exceed 1 year;

(g)  he forwarded, at least 15 days before the implementation of the schedule, a written notice to that effect to the joint committee.

A scheduled period may be modified by the employer under the same conditions or renewed by him on its expiry.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. D-2, r. 34, s. 17.01; O.C. 1808-83, s. 3; O.C. 933-90, s. 4; O.C. 606-95, s. 2; O.C. 1380-99, s. 18.