Bill C-504
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1st Session, 41st Parliament,
60-61-62 Elizabeth II, 2011-2012-2013
house of commons of canada
BILL C-504
An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (volunteer firefighters)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
SHORT TITLE
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Support for Volunteer Firefighters Act.
R.S., c. L-2
CANADA LABOUR CODE
2. The Canada Labour Code is amended by adding the following after section 246:
Division XIV.1
Volunteer Firefighters
Prohibition
246.1 (1) No employer shall, without good cause, prevent a person from acting as a firefighter called on an occasional basis (in this Act referred to as a “volunteer firefighter”) if that person has informed the employer of their obligations and advised the employer when, to act in that capacity, they must be absent from their work place, either by leaving work suddenly or by failing to appear at work.
Current employee
(2) No employer shall, without good cause, dismiss, suspend, lay off, demote or discipline an employee because they are a volunteer firefighter or take into account the fact that an employee is a volunteer firefighter in a decision to promote or train them if the employee has informed the employer of their obligations and advises the employer when, to act in that capacity, they must be absent from their work place, either by leaving work suddenly or by failing to appear at work.
Future employee
(3) No employer may, without good cause, refuse to employ a person because they are a volunteer firefighter.
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