Part I - Act respecting labour standards
CHAPTER IV - Labour standards
Work performed by children
Section 84.6
Exception
No employer may have work performed by a child between 11 p.m. on any given day and 6 a.m. on the following day, except in the case of a child no longer subject to compulsory school attendance, in the case of newspaper deliveries, or in any other case determined by regulation of the Government.
1999, c. 52, s. 11. ; O.C. 814-2000.
Interpretation
Section 35.1 of the Regulation respecting labour standards reads as follows:
"35.1 The prohibition against employing a child to work between 11 p.m. on any given day and 6 a.m. on the following day does not apply to work that is creation or interpretation in the following fields of artistic endeavour: the performing arts including theatre, opera, music, dance and variety entertainment, the making of films and records and other sound recordings, dubbing and the recording of commercials."
Act respecting labour standards »
- Definitions (Sect. 1)
- Scope (Sect. 2 to 3.1)
- The Commission (Sect. 4 to 39)
- Contributions (Sect. 39.0.1 to 39.0.6)
- Labour standards (Sect. 39.1 to 97)
- Wages (Sect. 39.1 to 51.1)
- Hours of Works (Sect. 52 to 59.0.1)
- Statutory general holidays and non-working days with pay (Sect. 59.1 to 65)
- Annual leave with pay (section 66 to 77)
- Rest periods (Sect. 78-79)
- Absences owing to sickness, an organ or tissue donation for transplant, an accident or a criminal offence (Sect. 79.1 to 79.6)
- Family or parental leave and absences (Sect. 79.7 to 81.17)
- Psychological harassment (Sect. 81.18 to 81.20)
- Notice of termination of employment or layoff, and work certificate (Section 82 to 84)
- Notice of collective dismissal (Section 84.0.1 to 84.0.15)
- Retirement (Sect. 84.1)
- Work performed by children (Sect. 84.2 to 84.7)
- Miscellaneous other labour standards (Sect. 85 to 87)
- Differences in treatment (Sect. 87.1 to 87.3)
- Regulations (Sect. 88 to 92)
- Labour standards in the clothing industry (Sect. 92.1 to 92.4)
- Effect of labour standards (Sect. 93 to 97)
- Recourses (Sect. 98 to 135)
- Bankruptcy (Sect. 136 to 138)
- Penal provisions (Sect. 139 to 147)
- Miscellaneous, transitional and final provisions (Sect. 148 to 172)
Regulations adopted under the Act respecting labour standards »
- Regulation respecting labour standards (S.Q., 1979, c. 45, s. 88, 89 and 91; after revision: R.S.Q., c. N-1.1)
- Definitions and interpretation (Sect. 1)
- Minimum wage (Sect. 2 to 5)
- Maximum amount to be paid by employees for room and meals (Sect. 6-7)
- Standard workweek (Sect. 8 to 13)
- Paid statutory holidays (Sect. 14)
- Maternity leave (Sect. 15 to 35)
- Notice of collective dismissal (Sect. 35.0.1-35.0.2)
- Night-time work by children (Sect. 35.1-35.2)
- Temporary and final provisions (Sect. 36 to 39.1)
- Regulation exempting certain categories of employees and employers from division VI.I and from section 122.1 of the Act respecting labour standards (S.Q., 1979, c. 45, s. 90.1; after revision: R.S.Q., c. N-1.1)
- Order respecting the retail food trade (S.Q., 1979, c. 45; after revision: R.S.Q., c. N-1.1)
- Regulation excluding the institutions subject to section 90 of the Act respecting labour standards (S.Q., 1979, c. 45, s. 90; after revision: R.S.Q., c. N-1.1)
- Regulation respecting a registration system or the keeping of a register (S.Q., 1979, c. 45, s. 29, par. 3; after revision R.S.Q., c. N-1.1)
- Regulation respecting contribution rates (R.S.Q., c. N-1.1, s. 29, par. 7, s. 39.0.2; 1999, c. 57, s. 1 and 2)
- Regulation respecting labour standards specific to certain sectors of the clothing industry (R.S.Q., c. N-1.1, s. 92.1)
