S-2.1 - Act respecting occupational health and safety

Section 31 Disposition versions

1985-08-19

31. No employer may dismiss, suspend or transfer a safety representative or the person replacing him, practise discrimination or take reprisals against him or impose any other penalty on him on the ground that the safety representative or person replacing him exercised a function conferred on him by this Act.

However, the employer, within the 10 days following a final decision respecting a worker’s exercise of his right of refusal, may dismiss, suspend or transfer the safety representative or person replacing him or impose another penalty on him if the representative or person abused his function.

1979, c. 63, s. 31; 1985, c. 6, s. 523.

1981-01-01

31. No employer may lay off, dismiss, suspend or transfer a safety representative or the person replacing him or impose a discriminatory or disciplinary measure on him on the ground that the representative or person exercised a function conferred on him by sections 16, 18, 21 and 23.

However, the employer, within the ten days following a final decision respecting a worker’s exercise of his right of refusal, may dismiss, suspend or transfer the representative or person or impose a disciplinary measure on him if the representative or person abused his function.

1979, c. 63, s. 31.