D-2, r. 5 - Decree respecting solid waste removal in the Montréal region

Section 12.01 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

12.01. Except in the case of a contract with a specific duration, an employee who has at least 3 months of continuous service with the same employer is entitled to a written advance notice before he is dismissed or layed off for at least 6 months. Similarly, an employee who has at least 3 months of continuous service with the same employer shall give a written advance notice to his employer if he wants to quit his employment.

The advance notice provided for in the first paragraph consists of 1 week if the employee has less than 1 year of continuous service, 2 weeks if he has from 1 to 5 years of continuous service, 4 weeks if he has from 5 to 10 years of continuous service, and 8 weeks if he has 10 years or more of continuous service.

The notice does not apply to an employee:

(1)  whose contract for a given period or a given firm has expired;

(2)  who has committed a serious offence;

(3)  whose contract was terminated or who was laid off because of a fortuitous event.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. D-2, r. 29, s. 12.01; O.C. 2278-84, s. 9; O.C. 990-95, s. 14.