A-3.001 - Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases

Section 49 Disposition versions

2021-10-06

49. Where a worker unable to carry on his employment by reason of an employment injury becomes able to carry on a suitable full-time employment, his income replacement indemnity shall be reduced by the amount of the weighted net income that he could derive from the suitable employment.

If the suitable employment is not available, the worker is entitled to the income replacement indemnity provided for in section 45 until he holds that employment or until he refuses it without valid reason, but not for more than one year from the date when he becomes able to carry on that employment.

The indemnity provided for in the second paragraph is reduced by any amount paid to the worker by reason of his cessation of employment under an Act of Québec other than this Act, or any other.

1985, c. 6, s. 49; 2021, c. 27, s. 17.

1985-08-19

49. Where a worker unable to carry on his employment by reason of an employment injury becomes able to carry on a suitable full-time employment, his income replacement indemnity shall be reduced by the amount of the weighted net income that he could derive from the suitable employment.

If the suitable employment is not available, the worker is entitled to the income replacement indemnity provided for in section 45 until he holds that employment or until he refuses it without valid reason, but not for more than one year from the date when he becomes able to carry on that employment.

The indemnity provided for in the second paragraph is reduced by any amount paid to the worker by reason of the cessation of his employment under an Act of Québec other than this Act, or any other.

1985, c. 6, s. 49.