C-481
Third Session, Fortieth Parliament,
59-60 Elizabeth II, 2010-2011
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-481
An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Canada Labour Code (mandatory retirement age)
Reprinted as amended by the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities as a working copy for the use of the House of Commons at Report Stage and as reported to the House on March 21, 2011
Ms. Folco
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Canada Labour Code to prohibit federally regulated employers — that is, private-sector employers subject to federal acts and regulations, as well as the federal public administration — from setting a mandatory retirement age.
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3rd Session, 40th Parliament,
59-60 Elizabeth II, 2010-2011
house of commons of canada
BILL C-481
An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Canada Labour Code (mandatory retirement age)
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
R.S., c. H-6
CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACT
1. Subsection 9(2) of the Canadian Human Rights Act is repealed.
2. Paragraphs 15(1)(b) and (c) of the Act are replaced by the following:
(b) employment of an individual is refused or terminated because that individual has not reached the minimum age that applies to that employment by law or under regulations, which may be made by the Governor in Council for the purposes of this paragraph;
R.S., c. L-2
CANADA LABOUR CODE
3. Paragraph 235(2)(b) of the Canada Labour Code is repealed.
COMING INTO FORCE
Coming into force
4. This Act comes into force one year after the day on which it receives royal assent.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons