N-1.1 - Act respecting labour standards

Section 158.3 Disposition versions

2003-05-01

158.3. Subject to paragraph 2 of section 3 and unless the work serves to procure profit to the employer, the provisions of this Act, in respect of an employee whose exclusive duty is to take care of or provide care to a child or to a sick, handicapped or aged person, in that person’s dwelling, including, where so required, the performance of domestic duties that are directly related to the immediate needs of that person, apply from 1 June 2004.

Notwithstanding the first paragraph, the Government may, before 1 June 2004, fix by regulation the minimum wage payable to that employee, which may vary according to the situation of the employee or of the employer, or according to the nature of the care. The regulation may also, where applicable, provide for a gradual increase of that minimum wage, which must attain the minimum wage payable to the other employees to whom this Act applies not later than 30 June 2006.

The Government may also, by regulation, prescribe rules that apply to payment to that employee of indemnities relating to statutory general holidays with pay and annual leave.

2002, c. 80, s. 74.