N-1.1, r. 3 - Regulation respecting labour standards

Section 35.0.3 Disposition versions

2023-06-01

35.0.3. The prohibition against an employer having work performed by a child under 14 years of age set out in section 84.3 of the Act respecting labour standards (chapter N-1.1) does not apply to the following employees:

(1)  a child working as a creator or performer in a field of artistic endeavour referred to in the first paragraph of section 1 of the Act respecting the professional status of artists in the visual arts, film, the recording arts, literature, arts and crafts and the performing arts (chapter S-32.1);

(2)  a deliverer of newspapers or other publications;

(3)  a babysitter;

(4)  a child who provides homework assistance or tutoring;

(5)  a child working in a family enterprise with fewer than 10 employees if the child is a child of the employer or, where the latter is a legal person or partnership, a child of a director of that legal person or of a partner of that partnership, or if the child is a child of the spouse of one of those persons;

(6)  a child working in a non-profit organization having social or community purposes, such as a vacation camp or recreational organization;

(7)  a child working in a non-profit sports organization to assist another person or provide support, such as an assistant instructor, assistant coach or scorekeeper; and

(8)  a child working in an agricultural enterprise with fewer than 10 employees, where the child performs light manual labour to harvest fruits or vegetables, take care of animals or prepare or maintain soil.

The employees referred to in subparagraphs 5 to 8 of the first paragraph must work under the supervision of a person 18 years of age or over at all times.

The employees referred to in subparagraph 8 of the first paragraph must be 12 years of age or over.

S.Q. 2023, c. 11, s. 13.