IN FACT AND IN LAW
Comments on Bill 35 entitled " An act to modify the occupational health and safety regime, particularly in order to increase certain death benefits and fines and simplify the payment of the employer assessment"
By :
Marie-Claude Perreault, Vicky Lemelin - November 2009
Passed into law on June 10, 2009, Bill 35 makes significant amendments to the modification of a method of levying assessments under the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases, the convertion of certain allowances and benefits, a gradual increase in the fines levied under the Act respecting occupational health and safety (the “AOHS”) and the inclusion of employees of employment agencies within the scope of the AOHS.
The objective of Bill 35 is to improve prevention and achieve a corresponding reduction in work-related accidents.
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