3.01. The standard workweek is 40 hours excluding lunch time.
An employer may schedule the working hours of employees on a basis other than a weekly basis if(1) the employee occupies a position with irregular working hours;
(2) the purpose of the schedule is not to avoid the payment of overtime hours to employees who occupy positions with regular working hours;
(3) the employer has obtained the written consent of the employee concerned;
(4) the schedule gives the employee the opportunity to obtain, in particular, more stability with regard to wages, insofar as possible;
(5) the average number of hours worked is equivalent to the number of hours of the standard workweek;
(6) working hours are scheduled and paid over a maximum period of 4 weeks; and
(7) the employer has forwarded a written notice to the Comité paritaire de l’entretien d’édifices publics de la région de Québec at least 15 days before the application of the schedule.
A scheduled period may be changed or renewed by the employer on its expiry on the same conditions as those provided for in the second paragraph.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. D-2, r. 40, s. 3.01; O.C. 988-2012, s. 3; 158-2020O.C. 158-2020, s. 11.