What the Act says
The Act respecting labour standards contains provisions concerning weddings and civil unions that protect the majority of Québec workers, whether they are full or part time.
An employee may be absent from work for:
1 day with pay for his wedding or civil union
1 day without pay for the wedding or civil union:
- of his child
- of his father or mother
- of his brother or sister
- of the child of his spouse.
The employee must notify his employer of his absence at least one week ahead of time.
An employee ordinarily works from Monday to Friday and is getting married on a Saturday. Is the employer required to give him a paid leave on the Friday preceding the day of his wedding?
No. Since the employee never works on Saturday, the day of his wedding, the employer does not have to grant him a leave.
How to calculate the indemnity
The Commission des normes du travail puts at your disposal calculation tools which help establish the amounts to which an employee is entitled.
The calculation of the indemnity is different according to the employee’s remuneration method.
Calculation tools for the indemnity for an:
You are an employee
You are an employer
- Statutory holidays
- National Holiday
- Vacation
- Maternity leave
- Paternity leave
- Parental leave
- Death – Suicide
- Sickness, an organ or tissue donation for transplant, accident and family obligations
- Wedding or civil union
- Birth, adoption or termination of pregnancy
- Reservists
- Victim of a crime and his family circle
