FAQ

Does my employer have the right to fire me? 

Section 14 of the Quebec Labour Code strictly prohibits employers from firing any employees who have signed membership cards or taken part in union activities. If they fire one of their employees anyway, the employers must prove to the satisfaction of the commissioner (a judge) that the dismissal was carried out with “just and sufficient cause”, other than the employee’s union activities or pro-union sympathies.
If employers fail to prove this, they are obliged to reinstate the employee in the very same job within eight days of the commissioner’s decision, and they must pay that employee’s full salary retroactively to the day he or she was fired. Remember: any complaint under section 15 must be filed with the Commission des relations du travail (CRT) within thirty days of an employee’s being fired or subjected to a disciplinary measure.