Quebec bill seeks to set minimum working age at 14 – Montreal | 24CA News
Quebec Labour Minister Jean Boulet tabled a invoice on Tuesday, aimed toward limiting the presence of kids within the workforce.
“In order to be eligible to work, you will have to be at least 14 years old,” Boulet mentioned throughout a press convention in Quebec City.
Unlike different provinces, Quebec has no minimal working age.
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The proposed laws is predicated on a flagship suggestion by the Comité consultatif du travail et de la main-d’oeuvre (CCTM) — a committee made up of main employer’s associations, union leaders and the Labour Ministry.
Last summer time Boulet tasked the committee
Under Bill 19, youngsters aged 11, 12 or 13 years previous is not going to be allowed to work, with a couple of exceptions comparable to delivering newspapers, babysitting and being an assistant monitor.
Boulet mentioned there would even be limits on the period of time youngsters can work.
During the college yr, staff between the ages of 14 and 16 will probably be capped at 17 hours every week together with weekends. From Monday to Friday they’ll work a most of 1o hours.
If adopted into regulation, the restrict on hours labored would come into impact on Sept. 1 however wouldn’t apply throughout holidays or spring break.
While some raised considerations about limits because the province offers with a labour scarcity, Boulet mentioned the impression can be marginal.
He additionally confused that options to the labour scarcity don’t depend on children being within the workforce.
“They have to go to school, they have to keep studying in order to be trained, in order to answer the demands of our labour market,” he mentioned.
Boulet promised final June to assessment the legal guidelines governing working circumstances for kids after a reported improve in youngster labour throughout the province — and within the variety of youngsters getting harm on the job.
Citing the province’s office security board (CNESST), Boulet mentioned Tuesday that the variety of office accidents rose from 10 to 64 from 2017 to 2021 for teenagers aged 14 and beneath — a rise of 540 per cent.
For all youngsters aged 16 and beneath, the quantity elevated from 278 to 447 throughout the identical time interval.
Boulet mentioned the dangers that might have an effect on the well being or security of staff aged 16 and beneath must be recognized, analyzed and brought into consideration.
With Bill 19, the CNESST would be capable of grant monetary help to help prevention initiatives.
— with recordsdata from The Canadian Press
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