C-409
First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament,
55-56 Elizabeth II, 2006-2007
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-409
An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (illness or injury)
first reading, March 1, 2007
Mr. Alghabra
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Canada Labour Code to extend from twelve weeks to fifty-two weeks the period during which an employee may be absent from work due to illness or injury without being dismissed, suspended, laid off, demoted or disciplined by an employer.
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1st Session, 39th Parliament,
55-56 Elizabeth II, 2006-2007
house of commons of canada
BILL C-409
An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (illness or injury)
R.S., c. L-2
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. Paragraph 239(1)(b) of the Canada Labour Code is replaced by the following:
(b) the period of absence does not exceed fifty-two weeks; and
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