N-1.1 - Act respecting labour standards

Section 82 Disposition versions

2023-06-08

82. The employer must give written notice to an employee before terminating the employee's contract of employment or laying the employee off for six months or more.

The notice shall be of one week if the employee is credited with less than one year of uninterrupted service, two weeks if the employee is credited with one year to five years of uninterrupted service, four weeks if the employee is credited with five years to ten years of uninterrupted service and eight weeks if the employee is credited with ten years or more of uninterrupted service.

A notice of termination of employment given to an employee during the period when the employee is laid off is absolutely null, except in the case of employment that usually lasts for not more than six months each year due to the influence of the seasons.

This section does not deprive an employee of a right granted to the employee under another Act.

1979, c. 45, s. 82; 1980, c. 5, s. 7; 1990, c. 73, s. 36; 1999, c. 40, s. 196; 2022, c. 22, s. 179.

1999-10-22

82. The employer must give written notice to an employee before terminating his contract of employment or laying him off for six months or more.

The notice shall be of one week if the employee is credited with less than one year of uninterrupted service, two weeks if he is credited with one year to five years of uninterrupted service, four weeks if he is credited with five years to ten years of uninterrupted service and eight weeks if he is credited with ten years or more of uninterrupted service.

A notice of termination of employment given to an employee during the period when he is laid off is absolutely null, except in the case of employment that usually lasts for not more than six months each year due to the influence of the seasons.

This section does not deprive an employee of a right granted to him under another Act.

1979, c. 45, s. 82; 1980, c. 5, s. 7; 1990, c. 73, s. 36; 1999, c. 40, s. 196.

1991-01-01

82. The employer must give written notice to an employee before terminating his contract of employment or laying him off for six months or more.

The notice shall be of one week if the employee is credited with less than one year of uninterrupted service, two weeks if he is credited with one year to five years of uninterrupted service, four weeks if he is credited with five years to ten years of uninterrupted service and eight weeks if he is credited with ten years or more of uninterrupted service.

A notice of termination of employment given to an employee during the period when he is laid off is null, except in the case of employment that usually lasts for not more than six months each year due to the influence of the seasons.

This section does not deprive an employee of a right granted to him under another Act.

1979, c. 45, s. 82; 1980, c. 5, s. 7; 1990, c. 73, s. 36.

1980-04-10

82. Notwithstanding article 1668 of the Civil Code and except in the case of a contract for a fixed term or for a specific undertaking, an employee who is credited with three months or over of uninterrupted service with the same employer is entitled to a prior notice in writing before being dismissed, or being laid off for not less than six months.

This prior notice shall be of one week if the employee is credited with under one year of uninterrupted service, two weeks if he is credited with one year to five years of uninterrupted service, four weeks if he is credited with five years to ten years of uninterrupted service and eight weeks if he is credited with ten years or over of uninterrupted service.

This provision does not apply in the case of executive officers.

1979, c. 45, s. 82; 1980, c. 5, s. 7.