AvRegs Canada

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PART III — Standard Hours, Wages, Vacations and Holidays

DIVISION II.1 — Breaks for Medical Reasons or Nursing

181.1Medical break history
(1)

Subject to the regulations, every employee is entitled to and shall be granted any unpaid breaks that are necessary for medical reasons.

Certificate

(2)

On written request by the employer, the employee must provide a certificate issued by a health care practitioner setting out the length and frequency of the breaks needed for medical reasons and any additional information that may be prescribed by regulation.

2018, c. 27, s. 450

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181.2Nursing break history

Subject to the regulations, every employee who is nursing is entitled to and shall be granted any unpaid breaks necessary for them to nurse or to express breast milk.

2018, c. 27, s. 450

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181.3Regulations history

The Governor in Council may make regulations

(a)

modifying the provisions of sections 181.1 or 181.2 for the purpose of the application of this Division to any class of employees;

(b)

exempting any class of employees from the application of section 181.1 or 181.2;

(c)

respecting the breaks set out in subsection 181.1(1) and section 181.2, including circumstances in which those breaks cannot be taken; and

(d)

respecting additional information to be included in a certificate required under subsection 181.1(2).

2018, c. 27, s. 450

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