D-2, r. 3 - Decree respecting the cartage industry in the Québec region

Section 21.04 Disposition versions

2023-01-25

21.04. The employee may be absent from work, without pay, for 10 days a year to fulfil obligations related to the custody, health or education of his child or the child of his spouse, or the state of health of a relative or a person for whom the employee acts as a caregiver, as attested by a professional working in the health and social services sector and governed by the Professional Code (chapter C-26).

This leave may be divided into days. A day may also be divided if the employer consents thereto.

The employee must advise his employer of his absence as soon as possible and take the reasonable steps within his power to limit the leave and its duration.

The first 2 days taken annually are remunerated according to the calculation formula described in section 19.04, with any adjustments required in the case of division. The employee becomes entitled to such remuneration on being credited with 3 months of continuous service, even if the employee was absent previously. The employer is not required to remunerate more than 2 days of absence in the same year, if the employee is absent from work for a reason referred to in this section or in section 21.04.1.

O.C. 955-93, s. 13; O.C. 736-2005, s. 24; O.C. 42-2023, s. 18.

2012-09-01

21.04. The employee may be absent from work, without pay, for 10 days a year to fulfil obligations related to the custody, health or education of his child or the child of his spouse, or the state of health of his spouse, father, mother, brother, sister or one of the employee’s grandparents.

This leave may be divided into days. A day may also be divided if the employer consents thereto.

The employee must advise his employer of his absence as soon as possible and take the reasonable steps within his power to limit the leave and its duration.

O.C. 955-93, s. 13; O.C. 736-2005, s. 24.