Here is a summary of an interview with Marie-Eve Desmarais, coordinator of our Legal Information Clinic, and Anne-Estelle Taquet, project manager for workplace harassment awareness. 1. The YWCA is currently working on an awareness project about harassment in the workplace. Can you tell us more about it? The Quebec government and the Commission des normes, de l’équité, Read More >>
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Stop harassment in the workplace
In Quebec, every employee is entitled to a healthy work environment without psychological, unfairly biased or sexual harassment. But what is harassment? Definition The Act respecting labour standards sets out the criteria defining it. We therefore refer to psychological or sexual harassment when a work-related situation involves all these combined characteristics: vexatious behaviour (abusive, humiliating, Read More >>
Pay equity demystified
We often hear about pay equity, but do we really know what it means? The principle of pay equity requires “equal pay for different but equivalent work”. Pay equity is a right for all workers in Quebec, whether they are union members or not. This right is governed by the Pay Equity Act and affects Read More >>