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First Session, Forty-fourth Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023-2024

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-378
An Act amending the Canada Labour Code (complaints by former employees)

FIRST READING, February 12, 2024

Mrs. Vien

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SUMMARY

This enactment amends the Canada Labour Code in order to provide a former employee with more time to make a complaint relating to an occurrence of harassment and violence in the work place after they cease to be employed.

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1st Session, 44th Parliament,

70-71 Elizabeth II – 1-2 Charles III, 2021-2022-2023-2024

HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA

BILL C-378

An Act amending the Canada Labour Code (complaints by former employees)

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

R.‍S.‍, c. L-2

Canada Labour Code

1Subsection 125(4) of the Canada Labour Code is replaced by the following:

Former employees

(4)Except as provided for in the regulations, the obligations set out in paragraphs (1)‍(c) and (z.‍16) apply to an employer in respect of a former employee in relation to an occurrence of harassment and violence in the work place if the occurrence becomes known to the employer within Insertion start two years Insertion end after the day on which the former employee ceases to be employed by the employer.

2Subsection 127.‍1(12) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Former employees

(12)A former employee may make a complaint under subsection (1) relating to an occurrence of harassment and violence in the work place, in which case this Part applies to the former employee and to the employer as if the former employee were an employee, to the extent necessary to finally dispose of the complaint.

Former employees — timeframe for making a complaint

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(12.‍1)For the purpose of subsection (12), a former employee may make a complaint until the day that is the later of
  • (a)two years after the day on which the former employee ceases to be employed by the employer; and

  • (b)if notice of the occurrence was provided under subsection 15(1) of the Work Place Harassment and Violence Prevention Regulations, two years after the day on which the resolution process is completed in respect of the occurrence.

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Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons

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