C-294
First Session, Forty-first Parliament,
60 Elizabeth II, 2011
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-294
An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (illness or injury)
first reading, September 28, 2011
Mr. Rafferty
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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, 41st Parliament,
60 Elizabeth II, 2011
house of commons of canada
BILL C-294
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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