N-1.1 - Act respecting labour standards

Section 81.2 Disposition versions

2023-06-06

81.2. An employee is entitled to a paternity leave or leave for the non-birthing parent of not more than five consecutive weeks, without pay, on the birth of the employee’s child, including a child born in the context of a parental project involving surrogacy.

An employee who adopts a child is entitled to the leave provided for in the first paragraph in connection with that adoption.

The leave shall not begin before the week of the birth of the child or, in the case of a parental project involving surrogacy or of an adoption procedure, the week the child is entrusted to the employee or the week the employee leaves work to travel outside Québec to be entrusted with the child. The leave shall not end later than 78 weeks after the week of the birth or, in the case of an adoption or a parental project involving surrogacy, 78 weeks after the week the child is entrusted to the employee.

1990, c. 73, s. 34; 2002, c. 80, s. 32; 2020, c. 23, s. 26; 2023, c. 13, s. 57.

2021-01-01

81.2. An employee is entitled to a paternity leave of not more than five consecutive weeks, without pay, on the birth of his child.

The paternity leave shall not begin before the week of the birth of the child and shall not end later than 78 weeks after the week of the birth.

1990, c. 73, s. 34; 2002, c. 80, s. 32; 2020, c. 23, s. 26.

2020-10-29

81.2. An employee is entitled to a paternity leave of not more than five consecutive weeks, without pay, on the birth of his child.

The paternity leave shall not begin before the week of the birth of the child and shall not end later than 52 weeks after the week of the birth.

1990, c. 73, s. 34; 2002, c. 80, s. 32.

2006-01-01

81.2. An employee is entitled to a paternity leave of not more than five consecutive weeks, without pay, on the birth of his child.

The paternity leave shall not begin before the week of the birth of the child and shall not end later than 52 weeks after the week of the birth.

1990, c. 73, s. 34; 2002, c. 80, s. 32.

1991-01-01

81.2. An employee may be absent for five days per year, without pay, to fulfil obligations relating to the care, health or education of his minor child, in cases where his presence is required due to unforeseeable circumstances or circumstances beyond his control. He must have taken all reasonable steps within his power to assume these obligations otherwise and to limit the duration of the leave.

The leave may be divided into days. A day may also be divided if the employer consents thereto.

The employee must advise his employer of his absence as soon as possible.

1990, c. 73, s. 34.