This enactment amends the Canada Labour Code to provide that, in calculating the time in respect of which an employee who is a flight attendant is to be paid, the employer must include the time that the employee spends in carrying out their pre-flight and post-flight duties and in completing mandatory training programs.

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

Calculation of hours of work — flight attendants

(1.‍1) In calculating the time worked in a day or in a week, as the case may be, for which an employee who is a flight attendant is to be paid, the employer must include the time that the employee spends in

• (a) carrying out all pre-flight and post-flight duties relating to aircraft security and passenger service, including assisting with embarking and disembarking and pre-flight cabin and passenger safety checks;

• (b) completing mandatory training programs; and

• (c) attending at the work place at the call of the employer and at the disposal of the employer, including during a flight delay, whether or not the delay is within the employer’s control.

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Hours of work of flight attendants

181.‍01 An order or regulation must not be made under this Part that has the effect of limiting the application of subsection 169(1.‍1).