A-3.001 - Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases

Section 2 Disposition versions

2024-03-27

2. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

“Administrative Labour Tribunal” or “Tribunal” means the Administrative Labour Tribunal established by the Act to establish the Administrative Labour Tribunal (chapter T-15.1);

“beneficiary” means a person entitled to a benefit under this Act;

“benefit” means compensation or an indemnity paid in money, financial assistance or services furnished under this Act;

“Commission” means the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail;

“consolidation” means the healing or stabilization of an employment injury following which no improvement of the state of health of the injured worker is foreseeable;

“construction site” means a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“dependent” means a person entitled to an indemnity under Subdivision 2 of Division III of Chapter III;

“domestic worker” means a natural person whose main duty, under a contract of employment entered into with an individual for remuneration, is

(1)  to do housework or maintenance work, take care of or provide care to a person or an animal, or perform any other household employee task at an individual’s dwelling, or

(2)  to act as driver or bodyguard for an individual or perform any other task falling strictly within the individual’s private sphere;

“employer” means a person who, under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, uses the services of a worker for the purposes of his establishment;

“employment injury” means an injury or a disease arising out of or in the course of an industrial accident, or an occupational disease, including a recurrence, relapse or aggravation;

“equivalent employment” means employment of a similar nature to the employment held by the worker when he suffered the employment injury, from the standpoint of vocational qualifications required, wages, social benefits, duration and working conditions;

“establishment” means an establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“executive officer” means a member of the board of directors of a legal person or a person who assumes such powers, if all powers have been withdrawn from the board of directors by a unanimous agreement of the members, who also exercises oversight and management functions with regard to the legal person;

“family-type resource” means a family-type resource to whom the Act respecting the representation of family-type resources and certain intermediate resources and the negotiation process for their group agreements (chapter R-24.0.2) applies;

“fund” means the Fonds de la santé et de la sécurité du travail established under section 136.1 of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“health professional” means a professional in the field of health within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29) and any other professional within the meaning of the Professional Code (chapter C-26) and determined by regulation of the Commission;

“his employment” means the employment held by the worker when he suffered his employment injury defined in particular on the basis of his regular work schedule and the tasks actually performed;

“independent operator” means a natural person who carries on work for his own account, alone or in partnership, and does not employ any worker;

“industrial accident” means a sudden and unforeseen event, attributable to any cause, which happens to a person, arising out of or in the course of his work and resulting in an employment injury to him;

“intermediate resource” means an intermediate resource to whom the Act respecting the representation of family-type resources and certain intermediate resources and the negotiation process for their group agreements applies;

“occupational disease” means a disease contracted out of or in the course of work and characteristic of that work or directly related to the risks peculiar to that work;

“paper carrier” means a natural person who carries out home delivery of a daily or weekly newspaper for a remuneration;

“sexual violence” means sexual violence within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“spouse” means the person who, at the date of death of a worker,

(1)  is married to, or in a civil union with, and cohabits with the worker, or

(2)  lives with the worker in a de facto union, whether the person is of the opposite or the same sex, and

(a)  has been living with the worker for not less than three years, or one year if a child has been born or is to be born of their union, and

(b)  is publicly represented as the worker’s spouse;

“suitable employment” means appropriate employment that, taking into account the essential tasks and the characteristics of that type of employment, allows a worker who has suffered an employment injury to use his remaining ability to work and his vocational qualifications, that he has a reasonable chance of obtaining and the working conditions of which do not endanger the health, safety or physical or mental well-being of the worker, considering his injury;

“worker” means a natural person who does work for an employer for remuneration under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, except

(1)  a domestic worker who must work less than 420 hours over a period of one year for the same individual, unless he can provide proof of 7 consecutive weeks of work at a rate of at least 30 hours per week during that period;

(2)  (paragraph replaced);

(3)  a person who plays sports as his main source of income;

(4)  an executive officer of a legal person regardless of the work the executive officer does for the legal person;

(5)  a natural person if that person acts as a family-type resource or an intermediate resource.

1985, c. 6, s. 2; 1997, c. 27, s. 1; 1999, c. 14, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 4; 2002, c. 6, s. 76; 2002, c. 76, s. 27; 2006, c. 53, s. 1; 2009, c. 24, s. 72; 2015, c. 15, s. 111; 2020, c. 6, s. 10; 2021, c. 27, s. 1; 2024, c. 4, s. 3.

2022-10-06

2. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

“Administrative Labour Tribunal” or “Tribunal” means the Administrative Labour Tribunal established by the Act to establish the Administrative Labour Tribunal (chapter T-15.1);

“beneficiary” means a person entitled to a benefit under this Act;

“benefit” means compensation or an indemnity paid in money, financial assistance or services furnished under this Act;

“Commission” means the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail;

“consolidation” means the healing or stabilization of an employment injury following which no improvement of the state of health of the injured worker is foreseeable;

“construction site” means a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“dependent” means a person entitled to an indemnity under Subdivision 2 of Division III of Chapter III;

“domestic worker” means a natural person whose main duty, under a contract of employment entered into with an individual for remuneration, is

(1)  to do housework or maintenance work, take care of or provide care to a person or an animal, or perform any other household employee task at an individual’s dwelling, or

(2)  to act as driver or bodyguard for an individual or perform any other task falling strictly within the individual’s private sphere;

“employer” means a person who, under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, uses the services of a worker for the purposes of his establishment;

“employment injury” means an injury or a disease arising out of or in the course of an industrial accident, or an occupational disease, including a recurrence, relapse or aggravation;

“equivalent employment” means employment of a similar nature to the employment held by the worker when he suffered the employment injury, from the standpoint of vocational qualifications required, wages, social benefits, duration and working conditions;

“establishment” means an establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“executive officer” means a member of the board of directors of a legal person or a person who assumes such powers, if all powers have been withdrawn from the board of directors by a unanimous agreement of the members, who also exercises oversight and management functions with regard to the legal person;

“family-type resource” means a family-type resource to whom the Act respecting the representation of family-type resources and certain intermediate resources and the negotiation process for their group agreements (chapter R-24.0.2) applies;

“fund” means the Fonds de la santé et de la sécurité du travail established under section 136.1 of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“health professional” means a professional in the field of health within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29) and any other professional within the meaning of the Professional Code (chapter C-26) and determined by regulation of the Commission;

“his employment” means the employment held by the worker when he suffered his employment injury defined in particular on the basis of his regular work schedule and the tasks actually performed;

“independent operator” means a natural person who carries on work for his own account, alone or in partnership, and does not employ any worker;

“industrial accident” means a sudden and unforeseen event, attributable to any cause, which happens to a person, arising out of or in the course of his work and resulting in an employment injury to him;

“intermediate resource” means an intermediate resource to whom the Act respecting the representation of family-type resources and certain intermediate resources and the negotiation process for their group agreements applies;

“occupational disease” means a disease contracted out of or in the course of work and characteristic of that work or directly related to the risks peculiar to that work;

“paper carrier” means a natural person who carries out home delivery of a daily or weekly newspaper for a remuneration;

“spouse” means the person who, at the date of death of a worker,

(1)  is married to, or in a civil union with, and cohabits with the worker, or

(2)  lives with the worker in a de facto union, whether the person is of the opposite or the same sex, and

(a)  has been living with the worker for not less than three years, or one year if a child has been born or is to be born of their union, and

(b)  is publicly represented as the worker’s spouse;

“suitable employment” means appropriate employment that, taking into account the essential tasks and the characteristics of that type of employment, allows a worker who has suffered an employment injury to use his remaining ability to work and his vocational qualifications, that he has a reasonable chance of obtaining and the working conditions of which do not endanger the health, safety or physical or mental well-being of the worker, considering his injury;

“worker” means a natural person who does work for an employer for remuneration under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, except

(1)  a domestic worker who must work less than 420 hours over a period of one year for the same individual, unless he can provide proof of 7 consecutive weeks of work at a rate of at least 30 hours per week during that period;

(2)  (paragraph replaced);

(3)  a person who plays sports as his main source of income;

(4)  an executive officer of a legal person regardless of the work the executive officer does for the legal person;

(5)  a natural person if that person acts as a family-type resource or an intermediate resource.

1985, c. 6, s. 2; 1997, c. 27, s. 1; 1999, c. 14, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 4; 2002, c. 6, s. 76; 2002, c. 76, s. 27; 2006, c. 53, s. 1; 2009, c. 24, s. 72; 2015, c. 15, s. 111; 2020, c. 6, s. 10; 2021, c. 27, s. 1.

2022-04-06

2. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

“Administrative Labour Tribunal” or “Tribunal” means the Administrative Labour Tribunal established by the Act to establish the Administrative Labour Tribunal (chapter T-15.1);

“beneficiary” means a person entitled to a benefit under this Act;

“benefit” means compensation or an indemnity paid in money, financial assistance or services furnished under this Act;

“Commission” means the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail;

“consolidation” means the healing or stabilization of an employment injury following which no improvement of the state of health of the injured worker is foreseeable;

“construction site” means a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“dependent” means a person entitled to an indemnity under Subdivision 2 of Division III of Chapter III;

“domestic worker” means a natural person whose main duty, under a contract of employment entered into with an individual for remuneration, is

(1)  to do housework or maintenance work, take care of or provide care to a person or an animal, or perform any other household employee task at an individual’s dwelling, or

(2)  to act as driver or bodyguard for an individual or perform any other task falling strictly within the individual’s private sphere;

“employer” means a person who, under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, uses the services of a worker for the purposes of his establishment;

“employment injury” means an injury or a disease arising out of or in the course of an industrial accident, or an occupational disease, including a recurrence, relapse or aggravation;

“equivalent employment” means employment of a similar nature to the employment held by the worker when he suffered the employment injury, from the standpoint of vocational qualifications required, wages, social benefits, duration and working conditions;

“establishment” means an establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“executive officer” means a member of the board of directors of a legal person or a person who assumes such powers, if all powers have been withdrawn from the board of directors by a unanimous agreement of the members, who also exercises oversight and management functions with regard to the legal person;

“family-type resource” means a family-type resource to whom the Act respecting the representation of family-type resources and certain intermediate resources and the negotiation process for their group agreements (chapter R-24.0.2) applies;

“fund” means the Fonds de la santé et de la sécurité du travail established under section 136.1 of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“health professional” means a professional in the field of health within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29) and any other professional within the meaning of the Professional Code (chapter C-26) and determined by regulation of the Commission;

“independent operator” means a natural person who carries on work for his own account, alone or in partnership, and does not employ any worker;

“industrial accident” means a sudden and unforeseen event, attributable to any cause, which happens to a person, arising out of or in the course of his work and resulting in an employment injury to him;

“intermediate resource” means an intermediate resource to whom the Act respecting the representation of family-type resources and certain intermediate resources and the negotiation process for their group agreements applies;

“occupational disease” means a disease contracted out of or in the course of work and characteristic of that work or directly related to the risks peculiar to that work;

“paper carrier” means a natural person who carries out home delivery of a daily or weekly newspaper for a remuneration;

“spouse” means the person who, at the date of death of a worker,

(1)  is married to, or in a civil union with, and cohabits with the worker, or

(2)  lives with the worker in a de facto union, whether the person is of the opposite or the same sex, and

(a)  has been living with the worker for not less than three years, or one year if a child has been born or is to be born of their union, and

(b)  is publicly represented as the worker’s spouse;

“suitable employment” means appropriate employment that allows a worker who has suffered an employment injury to use his remaining ability to work and his vocational qualifications, that he has a reasonable chance of obtaining and the working conditions of which do not endanger the health, safety or physical or mental well-being of the worker, considering his injury;

“worker” means a natural person who does work for an employer for remuneration under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, except

(1)  a domestic worker who must work less than 420 hours over a period of one year for the same individual, unless he can provide proof of 7 consecutive weeks of work at a rate of at least 30 hours per week during that period;

(2)  (paragraph replaced);

(3)  a person who plays sports as his main source of income;

(4)  an executive officer of a legal person regardless of the work the executive officer does for the legal person;

(5)  a natural person if that person acts as a family-type resource or an intermediate resource.

1985, c. 6, s. 2; 1997, c. 27, s. 1; 1999, c. 14, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 4; 2002, c. 6, s. 76; 2002, c. 76, s. 27; 2006, c. 53, s. 1; 2009, c. 24, s. 72; 2015, c. 15, s. 111; 2020, c. 6, s. 10; 2021, c. 27, s. 1.

2021-10-06

2. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

“Administrative Labour Tribunal” or “Tribunal” means the Administrative Labour Tribunal established by the Act to establish the Administrative Labour Tribunal (chapter T-15.1);

“beneficiary” means a person entitled to a benefit under this Act;

“benefit” means compensation or an indemnity paid in money, financial assistance or services furnished under this Act;

“Commission” means the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail;

“consolidation” means the healing or stabilization of an employment injury following which no improvement of the state of health of the injured worker is foreseeable;

“construction site” means a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“dependent” means a person entitled to an indemnity under Subdivision 2 of Division III of Chapter III;

“domestic” means a natural person engaged by an individual for remuneration, whose main duty is, in the dwelling of the individual,

(1)  to do housework, or

(2)  to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who lives in the dwelling;

“employer” means a person who, under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, uses the services of a worker for the purposes of his establishment;

“employment injury” means an injury or a disease arising out of or in the course of an industrial accident, or an occupational disease, including a recurrence, relapse or aggravation;

“equivalent employment” means employment of a similar nature to the employment held by the worker when he suffered the employment injury, from the standpoint of vocational qualifications required, wages, social benefits, duration and working conditions;

“establishment” means an establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“executive officer” means a member of the board of directors of a legal person who also exercises the functions of president, vice-president, secretary or treasurer of the legal person;

“family-type resource” means a family-type resource to whom the Act respecting the representation of family-type resources and certain intermediate resources and the negotiation process for their group agreements (chapter R-24.0.2) applies;

“fund” means the Fonds de la santé et de la sécurité du travail established under section 136.1 of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“health professional” means a professional in the field of health within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29) and any other professional within the meaning of the Professional Code (chapter C-26) and determined by regulation of the Commission;

“independent operator” means a natural person who carries on work for his own account, alone or in partnership, and does not employ any worker;

“industrial accident” means a sudden and unforeseen event, attributable to any cause, which happens to a person, arising out of or in the course of his work and resulting in an employment injury to him;

“intermediate resource” means an intermediate resource to whom the Act respecting the representation of family-type resources and certain intermediate resources and the negotiation process for their group agreements applies;

“occupational disease” means a disease contracted out of or in the course of work and characteristic of that work or directly related to the risks peculiar to that work;

“paper carrier” means a natural person who carries out home delivery of a daily or weekly newspaper for a remuneration;

“spouse” means the person who, at the date of death of a worker,

(1)  is married to, or in a civil union with, and cohabits with the worker, or

(2)  lives with the worker in a de facto union, whether the person is of the opposite or the same sex, and

(a)  has been living with the worker for not less than three years, or one year if a child has been born or is to be born of their union, and

(b)  is publicly represented as the worker’s spouse;

“suitable employment” means appropriate employment that allows a worker who has suffered an employment injury to use his remaining ability to work and his vocational qualifications, that he has a reasonable chance of obtaining and the working conditions of which do not endanger the health, safety or physical or mental well-being of the worker, considering his injury;

“worker” means a natural person who does work for an employer for remuneration under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, except

(1)  a domestic;

(2)  a natural person engaged by an individual to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who does not live in the dwelling of the individual;

(3)  a person who plays sports as his main source of income;

(4)  an executive officer of a legal person regardless of the work the executive officer does for the legal person;

(5)  a natural person if that person acts as a family-type resource or an intermediate resource.

1985, c. 6, s. 2; 1997, c. 27, s. 1; 1999, c. 14, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 4; 2002, c. 6, s. 76; 2002, c. 76, s. 27; 2006, c. 53, s. 1; 2009, c. 24, s. 72; 2015, c. 15, s. 111; 2020, c. 6, s. 10; 2021, c. 27, s. 1.

2021-01-25

2. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

“Administrative Labour Tribunal” or “Tribunal” means the Administrative Labour Tribunal established by the Act to establish the Administrative Labour Tribunal (chapter T-15.1);

“beneficiary” means a person entitled to a benefit under this Act;

“benefit” means compensation or an indemnity paid in money, financial assistance or services furnished under this Act;

“Commission” means the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail;

“consolidation” means the healing or stabilization of an employment injury following which no improvement of the state of health of the injured worker is foreseeable;

“construction site” means a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“dependent” means a person entitled to an indemnity under Subdivision 2 of Division III of Chapter III;

“domestic” means a natural person engaged by an individual for remuneration, whose main duty is, in the dwelling of the individual,

(1)  to do housework, or

(2)  to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who lives in the dwelling;

“employer” means a person who, under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, uses the services of a worker for the purposes of his establishment;

“employment injury” means an injury or a disease arising out of or in the course of an industrial accident, or an occupational disease, including a recurrence, relapse or aggravation;

“equivalent employment” means employment of a similar nature to the employment held by the worker when he suffered the employment injury, from the standpoint of vocational qualifications required, wages, social benefits, duration and working conditions;

“establishment” means an establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“executive officer” means a member of the board of directors of a legal person who also exercises the functions of president, vice-president, secretary or treasurer of the legal person;

“family-type resource” means a family-type resource to whom the Act respecting the representation of family-type resources and certain intermediate resources and the negotiation process for their group agreements (chapter R-24.0.2) applies;

“fund” means the Fonds de la santé et de la sécurité du travail established under section 136.1 of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“health professional” means a professional in the field of health within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29) and any other professional within the meaning of the Professional Code (chapter C-26) and determined by regulation of the Commission;

“independent operator” means a natural person who carries on work for his own account, alone or in partnership, and does not employ any worker;

“industrial accident” means a sudden and unforeseen event, attributable to any cause, which happens to a person, arising out of or in the course of his work and resulting in an employment injury to him;

“intermediate resource” means an intermediate resource to whom the Act respecting the representation of family-type resources and certain intermediate resources and the negotiation process for their group agreements applies;

“occupational disease” means a disease contracted out of or in the course of work and characteristic of that work or directly related to the risks peculiar to that work;

“paper carrier” means a natural person who carries out home delivery of a daily or weekly newspaper for a remuneration;

“spouse” means the person who, at the date of death of a worker,

(1)  is married to, or in a civil union with, and cohabits with the worker, or

(2)  lives with the worker in a de facto union, whether the person is of the opposite or the same sex, and

(a)  has been living with the worker for not less than three years, or one year if a child has been born or is to be born of their union, and

(b)  is publicly represented as the worker’s spouse;

“suitable employment” means appropriate employment that allows a worker who has suffered an employment injury to use his remaining ability to work and his vocational qualifications, that he has a reasonable chance of obtaining and the working conditions of which do not endanger the health, safety or physical well-being of the worker, considering his injury;

“worker” means a natural person who does work for an employer for remuneration under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, except

(1)  a domestic;

(2)  a natural person engaged by an individual to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who does not live in the dwelling of the individual;

(3)  a person who plays sports as his main source of income;

(4)  an executive officer of a legal person regardless of the work the executive officer does for the legal person;

(5)  a natural person if that person acts as a family-type resource or an intermediate resource.

1985, c. 6, s. 2; 1997, c. 27, s. 1; 1999, c. 14, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 4; 2002, c. 6, s. 76; 2002, c. 76, s. 27; 2006, c. 53, s. 1; 2009, c. 24, s. 72; 2015, c. 15, s. 111; 2020, c. 6, s. 10.

2016-01-01

2. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

“Administrative Labour Tribunal” or “Tribunal” means the Administrative Labour Tribunal established by the Act to establish the Administrative Labour Tribunal (chapter T-15.1);

“beneficiary” means a person entitled to a benefit under this Act;

“benefit” means compensation or an indemnity paid in money, financial assistance or services furnished under this Act;

“Commission” means the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail;

“consolidation” means the healing or stabilization of an employment injury following which no improvement of the state of health of the injured worker is foreseeable;

“construction site” means a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“dependent” means a person entitled to an indemnity under Subdivision 2 of Division III of Chapter III;

“domestic” means a natural person engaged by an individual for remuneration, whose main duty is, in the dwelling of the individual,

(1)  to do housework, or

(2)  to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who lives in the dwelling;

“employer” means a person who, under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, uses the services of a worker for the purposes of his establishment;

“employment injury” means an injury or a disease arising out of or in the course of an industrial accident, or an occupational disease, including a recurrence, relapse or aggravation;

“equivalent employment” means employment of a similar nature to the employment held by the worker when he suffered the employment injury, from the standpoint of vocational qualifications required, wages, social benefits, duration and working conditions;

“establishment” means an establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“executive officer” means a member of the board of directors of a legal person who also exercises the functions of president, vice-president, secretary or treasurer of the legal person;

“family-type resource” means a family-type resource to whom the Act respecting the representation of family-type resources and certain intermediate resources and the negotiation process for their group agreements (chapter R-24.0.2) applies;

“fund” means the Fonds de la santé et de la sécurité du travail established under section 136.1 of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“health professional” means a professional in the field of health within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29);

“independent operator” means a natural person who carries on work for his own account, alone or in partnership, and does not employ any worker;

“industrial accident” means a sudden and unforeseen event, attributable to any cause, which happens to a person, arising out of or in the course of his work and resulting in an employment injury to him;

“intermediate resource” means an intermediate resource to whom the Act respecting the representation of family-type resources and certain intermediate resources and the negotiation process for their group agreements applies;

“occupational disease” means a disease contracted out of or in the course of work and characteristic of that work or directly related to the risks peculiar to that work;

“paper carrier” means a natural person who carries out home delivery of a daily or weekly newspaper for a remuneration;

“spouse” means the person who, at the date of death of a worker,

(1)  is married to, or in a civil union with, and cohabits with the worker, or

(2)  lives with the worker in a de facto union, whether the person is of the opposite or the same sex, and

(a)  has been living with the worker for not less than three years, or one year if a child has been born or is to be born of their union, and

(b)  is publicly represented as the worker’s spouse;

“suitable employment” means appropriate employment that allows a worker who has suffered an employment injury to use his remaining ability to work and his vocational qualifications, that he has a reasonable chance of obtaining and the working conditions of which do not endanger the health, safety or physical well-being of the worker, considering his injury;

“worker” means a natural person who does work for an employer for remuneration under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, except

(1)  a domestic;

(2)  a natural person engaged by an individual to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who does not live in the dwelling of the individual;

(3)  a person who plays sports as his main source of income;

(4)  an executive officer of a legal person regardless of the work the executive officer does for the legal person;

(5)  a natural person if that person acts as a family-type resource or an intermediate resource.

1985, c. 6, s. 2; 1997, c. 27, s. 1; 1999, c. 14, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 4; 2002, c. 6, s. 76; 2002, c. 76, s. 27; 2006, c. 53, s. 1; 2009, c. 24, s. 72; 2015, c. 15, s. 111.

2010-01-01

2. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

“beneficiary” means a person entitled to a benefit under this Act;

“benefit” means compensation or an indemnity paid in money, financial assistance or services furnished under this Act;

“Commission” means the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail established by the Act respecting occupational health and safety (chapter S-2.1);

“consolidation” means the healing or stabilization of an employment injury following which no improvement of the state of health of the injured worker is foreseeable;

“construction site” means a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“dependent” means a person entitled to an indemnity under Subdivision 2 of Division III of Chapter III;

“domestic” means a natural person engaged by an individual for remuneration, whose main duty is, in the dwelling of the individual,

(1)  to do housework, or

(2)  to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who lives in the dwelling;

“employer” means a person who, under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, uses the services of a worker for the purposes of his establishment;

“employment injury” means an injury or a disease arising out of or in the course of an industrial accident, or an occupational disease, including a recurrence, relapse or aggravation;

“equivalent employment” means employment of a similar nature to the employment held by the worker when he suffered the employment injury, from the standpoint of vocational qualifications required, wages, social benefits, duration and working conditions;

“establishment” means an establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“executive officer” means a member of the board of directors of a legal person who also exercises the functions of president, vice-president, secretary or treasurer of the legal person;

“family-type resource” means a family-type resource to whom the Act respecting the representation of family-type resources and certain intermediate resources and the negotiation process for their group agreements (chapter R-24.0.2) applies;

“fund” means the Fonds de la santé et de la sécurité du travail established under section 136.1 of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“health professional” means a professional in the field of health within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29);

“independent operator” means a natural person who carries on work for his own account, alone or in partnership, and does not employ any worker;

“industrial accident” means a sudden and unforeseen event, attributable to any cause, which happens to a person, arising out of or in the course of his work and resulting in an employment injury to him;

“intermediate resource” means an intermediate resource to whom the Act respecting the representation of family-type resources and certain intermediate resources and the negotiation process for their group agreements applies;

“occupational disease” means a disease contracted out of or in the course of work and characteristic of that work or directly related to the risks peculiar to that work;

“paper carrier” means a natural person who carries out home delivery of a daily or weekly newspaper for a remuneration;

“spouse” means the person who, at the date of death of a worker,

(1)  is married to, or in a civil union with, and cohabits with the worker, or

(2)  lives with the worker in a de facto union, whether the person is of the opposite or the same sex, and

(a)  has been living with the worker for not less than three years, or one year if a child has been born or is to be born of their union, and

(b)  is publicly represented as the worker’s spouse;

“suitable employment” means appropriate employment that allows a worker who has suffered an employment injury to use his remaining ability to work and his vocational qualifications, that he has a reasonable chance of obtaining and the working conditions of which do not endanger the health, safety or physical well-being of the worker, considering his injury;

“worker” means a natural person who does work for an employer for remuneration under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, except

(1)  a domestic;

(2)  a natural person engaged by an individual to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who does not live in the dwelling of the individual;

(3)  a person who plays sports as his main source of income;

(4)  an executive officer of a legal person regardless of the work the executive officer does for the legal person;

(5)  a natural person if that person acts as a family-type resource or an intermediate resource.

1985, c. 6, s. 2; 1997, c. 27, s. 1; 1999, c. 14, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 4; 2002, c. 6, s. 76; 2002, c. 76, s. 27; 2006, c. 53, s. 1; 2009, c. 24, s. 72.

2007-01-01

2. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

“beneficiary” means a person entitled to a benefit under this Act;

“benefit” means compensation or an indemnity paid in money, financial assistance or services furnished under this Act;

“Commission” means the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail established by the Act respecting occupational health and safety (chapter S-2.1);

“consolidation” means the healing or stabilization of an employment injury following which no improvement of the state of health of the injured worker is foreseeable;

“construction site” means a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“dependent” means a person entitled to an indemnity under Subdivision 2 of Division III of Chapter III;

“domestic” means a natural person engaged by an individual for remuneration, whose main duty is, in the dwelling of the individual,

(1)  to do housework, or

(2)  to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who lives in the dwelling;

“employer” means a person who, under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, uses the services of a worker for the purposes of his establishment;

“employment injury” means an injury or a disease arising out of or in the course of an industrial accident, or an occupational disease, including a recurrence, relapse or aggravation;

“equivalent employment” means employment of a similar nature to the employment held by the worker when he suffered the employment injury, from the standpoint of vocational qualifications required, wages, social benefits, duration and working conditions;

“establishment” means an establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“executive officer” means a member of the board of directors of a legal person who also exercises the functions of president, vice-president, secretary or treasurer of the legal person;

“fund” means the Fonds de la santé et de la sécurité du travail established under section 136.1 of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“health professional” means a professional in the field of health within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29);

“independent operator” means a natural person who carries on work for his own account, alone or in partnership, and does not employ any worker;

“industrial accident” means a sudden and unforeseen event, attributable to any cause, which happens to a person, arising out of or in the course of his work and resulting in an employment injury to him;

“occupational disease” means a disease contracted out of or in the course of work and characteristic of that work or directly related to the risks peculiar to that work;

“paper carrier” means a natural person who carries out home delivery of a daily or weekly newspaper for a remuneration;

“spouse” means the person who, at the date of death of a worker,

(1)  is married to, or in a civil union with, and cohabits with the worker, or

(2)  lives with the worker in a de facto union, whether the person is of the opposite or the same sex, and

(a)  has been living with the worker for not less than three years, or one year if a child has been born or is to be born of their union, and

(b)  is publicly represented as the worker’s spouse;

“suitable employment” means appropriate employment that allows a worker who has suffered an employment injury to use his remaining ability to work and his vocational qualifications, that he has a reasonable chance of obtaining and the working conditions of which do not endanger the health, safety or physical well-being of the worker, considering his injury;

“worker” means a natural person who does work for an employer for remuneration under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, except

(1)  a domestic;

(2)  a natural person engaged by an individual to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who does not live in the dwelling of the individual;

(3)  a person who plays sports as his main source of income;

(4)  an executive officer of a legal person regardless of the work the executive officer does for the legal person.

1985, c. 6, s. 2; 1997, c. 27, s. 1; 1999, c. 14, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 4; 2002, c. 6, s. 76; 2002, c. 76, s. 27; 2006, c. 53, s. 1.

2003-01-01

2. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

“beneficiary” means a person entitled to a benefit under this Act;

“benefit” means compensation or an indemnity paid in money, financial assistance or services furnished under this Act;

“Commission” means the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail established by the Act respecting occupational health and safety (chapter S‐2.1);

“consolidation” means the healing or stabilization of an employment injury following which no improvement of the state of health of the injured worker is foreseeable;

“construction site” means a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“dependent” means a person entitled to an indemnity under Subdivision 2 of Division III of Chapter III;

“domestic” means a natural person engaged by an individual for remuneration, whose main duty is, in the dwelling of the individual,

(1)  to do housework, or

(2)  to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who lives in the dwelling;

“employer” means a person who, under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, uses the services of a worker for the purposes of his establishment;

“employment injury” means an injury or a disease arising out of or in the course of an industrial accident, or an occupational disease, including a recurrence, relapse or aggravation;

“equivalent employment” means employment of a similar nature to the employment held by the worker when he suffered the employment injury, from the standpoint of vocational qualifications required, wages, social benefits, duration and working conditions;

“establishment” means an establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“fund” means the Fonds de la santé et de la sécurité du travail established under section 136.1 of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“health professional” means a professional in the field of health within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act (chapter A‐29);

“independent operator” means a natural person who carries on work for his own account, alone or in partnership, and does not employ any worker;

“industrial accident” means a sudden and unforeseen event, attributable to any cause, which happens to a person, arising out of or in the course of his work and resulting in an employment injury to him;

“occupational disease” means a disease contracted out of or in the course of work and characteristic of that work or directly related to the risks peculiar to that work;

“paper carrier” means a natural person who carries out home delivery of a daily or weekly newspaper for a remuneration;

“spouse” means the person who, at the date of death of a worker,

(1)  is married to, or in a civil union with, and cohabits with the worker, or

(2)  lives with the worker in a de facto union, whether the person is of the opposite or the same sex, and

(a)  has been living with the worker for not less than three years, or one year if a child has been born or is to be born of their union, and

(b)  is publicly represented as the worker’s spouse;

“suitable employment” means appropriate employment that allows a worker who has suffered an employment injury to use his remaining ability to work and his vocational qualifications, that he has a reasonable chance of obtaining and the working conditions of which do not endanger the health, safety or physical well-being of the worker, considering his injury;

“worker” means a natural person who does work for an employer for remuneration under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, except

(1)  a domestic;

(2)  a natural person engaged by an individual to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who does not live in the dwelling of the individual;

(3)  a person who plays sports as his main source of income.

1985, c. 6, s. 2; 1997, c. 27, s. 1; 1999, c. 14, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 4; 2002, c. 6, s. 76; 2002, c. 76, s. 27.

2002-06-24

2. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

“beneficiary” means a person entitled to a benefit under this Act;

“benefit” means compensation or an indemnity paid in money, financial assistance or services furnished under this Act;

“Commission” means the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail established by the Act respecting occupational health and safety (chapter S-2.1);

“consolidation” means the healing or stabilization of an employment injury following which no improvement of the state of health of the injured worker is foreseeable;

“construction site” means a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“dependent” means a person entitled to an indemnity under Subdivision 2 of Division III of Chapter III;

“domestic” means a natural person engaged by an individual for remuneration, whose main duty is, in the dwelling of the individual,

(1)  to do housework, or

(2)  to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who lives in the dwelling;

“employer” means a person who, under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, uses the services of a worker for the purposes of his establishment;

“employment injury” means an injury or a disease arising out of or in the course of an industrial accident, or an occupational disease, including a recurrence, relapse or aggravation;

“equivalent employment” means employment of a similar nature to the employment held by the worker when he suffered the employment injury, from the standpoint of vocational qualifications required, wages, social benefits, duration and working conditions;

“establishment” means an establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“health professional” means a professional in the field of health within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29);

“independent operator” means a natural person who carries on work for his own account, alone or in partnership, and does not employ any worker;

“industrial accident” means a sudden and unforeseen event, attributable to any cause, which happens to a person, arising out of or in the course of his work and resulting in an employment injury to him;

“occupational disease” means a disease contracted out of or in the course of work and characteristic of that work or directly related to the risks peculiar to that work;

“paper carrier” means a natural person who carries out home delivery of a daily or weekly newspaper for a remuneration;

“spouse” means the person who, at the date of death of a worker,

(1)  is married to, or in a civil union with, and cohabits with the worker, or

(2)  lives with the worker in a de facto union, whether the person is of the opposite or the same sex, and

(a)  has been living with the worker for not less than three years, or one year if a child has been born or is to be born of their union, and

(b)  is publicly represented as the worker’s spouse;

“suitable employment” means appropriate employment that allows a worker who has suffered an employment injury to use his remaining ability to work and his vocational qualifications, that he has a reasonable chance of obtaining and the working conditions of which do not endanger the health, safety or physical well-being of the worker, considering his injury;

“worker” means a natural person who does work for an employer for remuneration under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, except

(1)  a domestic;

(2)  a natural person engaged by an individual to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who does not live in the dwelling of the individual;

(3)  a person who plays sports as his main source of income.

1985, c. 6, s. 2; 1997, c. 27, s. 1; 1999, c. 14, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 4; 2002, c. 6, s. 76.

1999-10-22

2. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

“beneficiary” means a person entitled to a benefit under this Act;

“benefit” means compensation or an indemnity paid in money, financial assistance or services furnished under this Act;

“Commission” means the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail established by the Act respecting occupational health and safety (chapter S-2.1);

“consolidation” means the healing or stabilization of an employment injury following which no improvement of the state of health of the injured worker is foreseeable;

“construction site” means a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“dependent” means a person entitled to an indemnity under Subdivision 2 of Division III of Chapter III;

“domestic” means a natural person engaged by an individual for remuneration, whose main duty is, in the dwelling of the individual,

(1)  to do housework, or

(2)  to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who lives in the dwelling;

“employer” means a person who, under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, uses the services of a worker for the purposes of his establishment;

“employment injury” means an injury or a disease arising out of or in the course of an industrial accident, or an occupational disease, including a recurrence, relapse or aggravation;

“equivalent employment” means employment of a similar nature to the employment held by the worker when he suffered the employment injury, from the standpoint of vocational qualifications required, wages, social benefits, duration and working conditions;

“establishment” means an establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“health professional” means a professional in the field of health within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29);

“independent operator” means a natural person who carries on work for his own account, alone or in partnership, and does not employ any worker;

“industrial accident” means a sudden and unforeseen event, attributable to any cause, which happens to a person, arising out of or in the course of his work and resulting in an employment injury to him;

“occupational disease” means a disease contracted out of or in the course of work and characteristic of that work or directly related to the risks peculiar to that work;

“paper carrier” means a natural person who carries out home delivery of a daily or weekly newspaper for a remuneration;

“spouse” means the person who, at the date of death of a worker,

(1)  is married to and cohabits with the worker, or

(2)  lives with the worker in a de facto union, whether the person is of the opposite or the same sex, and

(a)  has been living with the worker for not less than three years, or one year if a child has been born or is to be born of their union, and

(b)  is publicly represented as the worker’s spouse;

“suitable employment” means appropriate employment that allows a worker who has suffered an employment injury to use his remaining ability to work and his vocational qualifications, that he has a reasonable chance of obtaining and the working conditions of which do not endanger the health, safety or physical well-being of the worker, considering his injury;

“worker” means a natural person who does work for an employer for remuneration under a contract of employment or of apprenticeship, except

(1)  a domestic;

(2)  a natural person engaged by an individual to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who does not live in the dwelling of the individual;

(3)  a person who plays sports as his main source of income.

1985, c. 6, s. 2; 1997, c. 27, s. 1; 1999, c. 14, s. 2; 1999, c. 40, s. 4.

1999-06-16

2. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

“beneficiary” means a person entitled to a benefit under this Act;

“benefit” means compensation or an indemnity paid in money, financial assistance or services furnished under this Act;

“Commission” means the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail established by the Act respecting occupational health and safety (chapter S-2.1);

“consolidation” means the healing or stabilization of an employment injury following which no improvement of the state of health of the injured worker is foreseeable;

“construction site” means a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“dependent” means a person entitled to an indemnity under Subdivision 2 of Division III of Chapter III;

“domestic” means a natural person engaged by an individual for remuneration, whose main duty is, in the dwelling of the individual,

(1)  to do housework, or

(2)  to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who lives in the dwelling;

“employer” means a person who, under a contract of hire of personal services or of apprenticeship, uses the services of a worker for the purposes of his establishment;

“employment injury” means an injury or a disease arising out of or in the course of an industrial accident, or an occupational disease, including a recurrence, relapse or aggravation;

“equivalent employment” means employment of a similar nature to the employment held by the worker when he suffered the employment injury, from the standpoint of vocational qualifications required, wages, social benefits, duration and working conditions;

“establishment” means an establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“health professional” means a professional in the field of health within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29);

“independent operator” means a natural person who carries on work for his own account, alone or in partnership, and does not employ any worker;

“industrial accident” means a sudden and unforeseen event, attributable to any cause, which happens to a person, arising out of or in the course of his work and resulting in an employment injury to him;

“occupational disease” means a disease contracted out of or in the course of work and characteristic of that work or directly related to the risks peculiar to that work;

“paper carrier” means a natural person who carries out home delivery of a daily or weekly newspaper for a remuneration;

“spouse” means the person who, at the date of death of a worker,

(1)  is married to and cohabits with the worker, or

(2)  lives with the worker in a de facto union, whether the person is of the opposite or the same sex, and

(a)  has been living with the worker for not less than three years, or one year if a child has been born or is to be born of their union, and

(b)  is publicly represented as the worker’s spouse;

“suitable employment” means appropriate employment that allows a worker who has suffered an employment injury to use his remaining ability to work and his vocational qualifications, that he has a reasonable chance of obtaining and the working conditions of which do not endanger the health, safety or physical well-being of the worker, considering his injury;

“worker” means a natural person who does work for an employer for remuneration under a contract of hire of personal services or of apprenticeship, except

(1)  a domestic;

(2)  a natural person engaged by an individual to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who does not live in the dwelling of the individual;

(3)  a person who plays sports as his main source of income.

1985, c. 6, s. 2; 1997, c. 27, s. 1; 1999, c. 14, s. 2.

1998-04-01

2. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

“beneficiary” means a person entitled to a benefit under this Act;

“benefit” means compensation or an indemnity paid in money, financial assistance or services furnished under this Act;

“Commission” means the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail established by the Act respecting occupational health and safety (chapter S-2.1);

“consolidation” means the healing or stabilization of an employment injury following which no improvement of the state of health of the injured worker is foreseeable;

“construction site” means a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“dependent” means a person entitled to an indemnity under Subdivision 2 of Division III of Chapter III;

“domestic” means a natural person engaged by an individual for remuneration, whose main duty is, in the dwelling of the individual,

(1)  to do housework, or

(2)  to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who lives in the dwelling;

“employer” means a person who, under a contract of hire of personal services or of apprenticeship, uses the services of a worker for the purposes of his establishment;

“employment injury” means an injury or a disease arising out of or in the course of an industrial accident, or an occupational disease, including a recurrence, relapse or aggravation;

“equivalent employment” means employment of a similar nature to the employment held by the worker when he suffered the employment injury, from the standpoint of vocational qualifications required, wages, social benefits, duration and working conditions;

“establishment” means an establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“health professional” means a professional in the field of health within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29);

“independent operator” means a natural person who carries on work for his own account, alone or in partnership, and does not employ any worker;

“industrial accident” means a sudden and unforeseen event, attributable to any cause, which happens to a person, arising out of or in the course of his work and resulting in an employment injury to him;

“occupational disease” means a disease contracted out of or in the course of work and characteristic of that work or directly related to the risks peculiar to that work;

“paper carrier” means a natural person who carries out home delivery of a daily or weekly newspaper for a remuneration;

“spouse” means the man or woman who, at the date of death of a worker,

(1)  is married to and cohabits with the worker, or

(2)  lives with the worker as if they were married and

(a)  has been living with the worker for not less than three years, or one year if a child has been born or is to be born of their union, and

(b)  is publicly represented as the worker’s spouse;

“suitable employment” means appropriate employment that allows a worker who has suffered an employment injury to use his remaining ability to work and his vocational qualifications, that he has a reasonable chance of obtaining and the working conditions of which do not endanger the health, safety or physical well-being of the worker, considering his injury;

“worker” means a natural person who does work for an employer for remuneration under a contract of hire of personal services or of apprenticeship, except

(1)  a domestic;

(2)  a natural person engaged by an individual to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who does not live in the dwelling of the individual;

(3)  a person who plays sports as his main source of income.

1985, c. 6, s. 2; 1997, c. 27, s. 1.

1985-08-19

2. In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,

“beneficiary” means a person entitled to a benefit under this Act;

“benefit” means compensation or an indemnity paid in money, financial assistance or services furnished under this Act;

“board of appeal” means the Commission d’appel en matière de lésions professionnelles established by this Act;

“Commission” means the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail established by the Act respecting occupational health and safety (chapter S-2.1);

“consolidation” means the healing or stabilization of an employment injury following which no improvement of the state of health of the injured worker is foreseeable;

“construction site” means a construction site within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“dependent” means a person entitled to an indemnity under Subdivision 2 of Division III of Chapter III;

“domestic” means a natural person engaged by an individual for remuneration, whose main duty is, in the dwelling of the individual,

(1)  to do housework, or

(2)  to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who lives in the dwelling;

“employer” means a person who, under a contract of hire of personal services or of apprenticeship, uses the services of a worker for the purposes of his establishment;

“employment injury” means an injury or a disease arising out of or in the course of an industrial accident, or an occupational disease, including a recurrence, relapse or aggravation;

“equivalent employment” means employment of a similar nature to the employment held by the worker when he suffered the employment injury, from the standpoint of vocational qualifications required, wages, social benefits, duration and working conditions;

“establishment” means an establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting occupational health and safety;

“health professional” means a professional in the field of health within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29);

“independent operator” means a natural person who carries on work for his own account, alone or in partnership, and does not employ any worker;

“industrial accident” means a sudden and unforeseen event, attributable to any cause, which happens to a person, arising out of or in the course of his work and resulting in an employment injury to him;

“occupational disease” means a disease contracted out of or in the course of work and characteristic of that work or directly related to the risks peculiar to that work;

“paper carrier” means a natural person who carries out home delivery of a daily or weekly newspaper for a remuneration;

“spouse” means the man or woman who, at the date of death of a worker,

(1)  is married to and cohabits with the worker, or

(2)  lives with the worker as if they were married and

(a)  has been living with the worker for not less than three years, or one year if a child has been born or is to be born of their union, and

(b)  is publicly represented as the worker’s spouse;

“suitable employment” means appropriate employment that allows a worker who has suffered an employment injury to use his remaining ability to work and his vocational qualifications, that he has a reasonable chance of obtaining and the working conditions of which do not endanger the health, safety or physical well-being of the worker, considering his injury;

“worker” means a natural person who does work for an employer for remuneration under a contract of hire of personal services or of apprenticeship, except

(1)  a domestic;

(2)  a natural person engaged by an individual to care for a child or a sick, handicapped or aged person and who does not live in the dwelling of the individual;

(3)  a person who plays sports as his main source of income.

1985, c. 6, s. 2.