3.00 Work Schedules

3.01. The standard workweek is 40 hours excluding lunch time. An employer may schedule the working hours of employees on a basis other than a weekly basis if:

(1) the employee occupies a position with irregular working hours;

(2) the purpose of the schedule is not to avoid the payment of overtime hours to employees who occupy positions with regular working hours;

(3) the employer has obtained the written consent of the employee concerned;

(4) the schedule gives the employee the opportunity to obtain, in particular, more stability with regard to wages, insofar as possible;

(5) the average number of hours worked is equivalent to the number of hours of the standard workweek;

(6) working hours are scheduled and paid over a maximum period of 4 weeks; and

(7) the employer has forwarded a written notice to the Comité paritaire de l’entretien d’édifi ces publics de la région de Québec at least 15 days before the application of the schedule. A scheduled period may be changed or renewed by the employer on its expiry on the same conditions as those provided for in the second paragraph.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. D-2, r. 40, s. 3.01; O.C. 988-2012, s. 3; O.C. 158-2020, s. 1.

3.02. (Revoked). R.R.Q., 1981, c. D-2, r. 40, s. 3.02; O.C. 988-2012, s. 4.

3.02.1. No employee is required to accept a work assignment of 7 or more consecutive days. O.C. 158-2020, s. 2.

3.03. The employer schedules the standard workweek of the employee so as to provide 2 periods of rest totalling 48 hours, 1 of the periods being at least 32 consecutive hours.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. D-2, r. 40, s. 3.03; O.C. 736-2005, s. 2.

3.04. An employee is considered to be at work:

(1) during his coffee break;

(2) when he is obliged to stay on the work premises while waiting for the enterprise to be unlocked;

(3) during the time spent travelling between the different public buildings where he must perform consecutive maintenance work at the request of his employer;

(4) when an employee is available to the employer on the work premises and is obliged to wait to be given work;

(5) during any trial or training period required by the employer.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. D-2, r. 40, s. 3.04; O.C. 1381-99, s. 5; O.C. 736-2005, s. 3.

3.05. The employee considered to be at work under section 3.04 is entitled to the wage corresponding to the one he is paid for performing maintenance work.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. D-2, r. 40, s. 3.05; O.C. 1381-99, s. 5.