N-1.1 - Act respecting labour standards

Section 81.15 Disposition versions

2023-06-08

81.15. An employee’s participation in the group insurance and pension plans recognized in the employee’s place of employment shall not be affected by the absence from work, subject to regular payment of the contributions payable under those plans, the usual part of which is paid by the employer.

The Government shall determine, by regulation, the other advantages available to an employee during a leave provided for in section 81.2, 81.4 or 81.10.

1990, c. 73, s. 34; 2002, c. 80, s. 44; 2022, c. 22, s. 172.

2003-05-01

81.15. An employee’s participation in the group insurance and pension plans recognized in the employee’s place of employment shall not be affected by the absence from work, subject to regular payment of the contributions payable under those plans, the usual part of which is paid by the employer.

The Government shall determine, by regulation, the other advantages available to an employee during maternity, paternity or parental leave.

1990, c. 73, s. 34; 2002, c. 80, s. 44.

1991-01-01

81.15. At the end of a parental leave not exceeding 12 weeks or a maternity leave, the employer shall reinstate the employee in his former position with the same benefits, including the wage to which he would have been entitled had he remained at work.

At the end of a parental leave exceeding 12 weeks, the employer may, instead of reinstating the employee in his former position, assign him to comparable employment in the same establishment with a wage equal to or higher than that to which he would have been entitled had he remained at work, and with an equivalent pension and insurance plan, where applicable.

If the position held by the employee no longer exists when he returns to work, the employer shall recognize all the rights and privileges to which the employee would have been entitled if he had been at work at the time his position ceased to exist.

1990, c. 73, s. 34.