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N-1.1 - Act respecting labour standards

Section 79.2
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79.2. An employee must advise the employer as soon as possible of a period of absence from work, giving the reasons for it. If it is warranted by the duration of the absence or its repetitive nature, for instance, the employer may request that the employee furnish a document attesting to those reasons.
During a period of absence under the second paragraph of section 79.1, the employee may return to work intermittently or on a part-time basis if the employer consents to it.
2002, c. 80, s. 27; 2007, c. 36, s. 7; 2018, c. 21, s. 18.
79.2. An employee must be credited with three months of uninterrupted service to take advantage of section 79.1, and the absence shall be without pay. In addition, the employee must advise the employer as soon as possible of a period of absence from work, giving the reasons for it. If it is warranted by the duration of the absence or its repetitive nature, for instance, the employer may request that the employee furnish a document attesting to those reasons.
During a period of absence under the second paragraph of section 79.1, the employee may return to work intermittently or on a part-time basis if the employer consents to it.
2002, c. 80, s. 27; 2007, c. 36, s. 7.
79.2. An employee must advise the employer as soon as possible of an absence from work and give the reasons therefor.
2002, c. 80, s. 27.
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