D-2, r. 15 - Decree respecting building service employees in the Montréal region

Section 3.01 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

3.01. The standard workweek is 40 hours.

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

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

(2)  he has obtained the agreement of the employee concerned;

(3)  the schedule grants the employee another type of benefit to compensate for the loss of payment of overtime hours;

(4)  the average number of hours worked is equivalent to the number of hours of the standard workweek;

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

(6)  the duration of the schedule does not exceed 1 year;

(7)  he has forwarded a written notice to the Parity Committee at least 15 days previous to 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. 39, s. 3.01; O.C. 275-82, s. 2; O.C. 2526-85, s. 1; O.C. 1382-99, s. 3; O.C. 1436-2001, s. 2.