35. Hiring of available employees in the construction industry must be carried out in accordance with the recognized requirements for the work offered and with the following criteria as to job priority:(1) for all work, excluding work carried out in isolated areas and on remote job sites, priority is given to the employee with a journeyman competency certificate, occupation competency certificate or with an apprentice competency certificate as the case may be, domiciled in the region where the works are being carried out.If no employee is available meeting the previously mentioned criteria, preference is granted to the employee with a journeyman competency certificate, occupation competency certificate or with an apprentice competency certificate as the case may be, domiciled outside the region where the works are being carried out, or to the person domiciled in the region where the works are being carried out.
(2) for works being carried out on a remote job site, priority is granted to the employee with a journeyman competency certificate, occupation competency certificate or with an apprentice competency certificate, as the case may be, domiciled in the region where the works are being carried out.If no employee is available meeting the previously mentioned criteria, priority is granted to the employee with a journeyman competency certificate, occupation competency certificate or with an apprentice competency certificate, as the case may be, domiciled outside the region where the works are being carried out.
(3) for works being carried out in an isolated area, priority is granted to the employee with a journeyman competency certificate, occupation competency certificate or with an apprentice competency certificate, as the case may be, domiciled in the locality where the works are being carried out.
If no employee is available meeting these criteria, subsection 1 applies.
O.C. 1946-82, s. 35; S.Q. 1986, c. 89, s. 42; S.Q. 1993, c. 61, s. 72.