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Quebec has it' sown legal system, which is a big farce really. They ignore all provincial labour laws and put the company in control, like US employment laws do.
That's why I never work for Quebec owned companies anymore, they think that Quebec labour laws, thus their ridiculous employee contracts, should apply nationwide.
I'm just tired of legal amendments before I sign an employment contract with them and lawsuits every time I leave the company and have to sue them for not adhering to provincial laws.
What they don't realize, again as is the case with most US companies operating here, is that regardless of who's legal terms the contract STATES it covers, it CANNOT be used to bind another province's employees to YOUR pvince or state laws.
They try though! By signing this contract you agree that you are relinquishing legal recourse under provincial law and are hereby bound to Quebec law (blah blah blah etc.)
If you sign it, it is irrelevant, you can't simply relinquish your rights that way.
I have argued this time and time again with companies from Washington, California, Florida, Alabama and of course Quebec, but they just DON'T get it.
If you conduct business in a state or province other than your own, you need your legal team to make sure your contracts are obligating to whomever signs it. Just because your HO is somewhere else, it doesn't mean that your laws apply too.
rambling on:
It was pretty funny when we refused to go in and open the office one day, due to a provincial holiday, and everyone at the HO in Quebec has to work. The boss actually said that he'd fly to Vancouver and hire a competitor's employees for the day and have THEM run the office...needless to say, they laughed at him too when it was proposed to their boss.
Freakin' Quebecois employers! Tabernac!
Anyway, it became a REAL issue when we were paid a day short for refusing to go to work due to not being paid for the holiday(while on salary?!) and refused to open the office that day too. THEN he found out that he had to pay us for when we refused to work THAT day because we are to be paid while refuting payment!
LOL, they just don't get it. In any province other than Quebec, or any US state, the employee has the upper hand, not the employer.
Don't screw with the boys in BC, it'll bite you in the bum!
That's why I never work for Quebec owned companies anymore, they think that Quebec labour laws, thus their ridiculous employee contracts, should apply nationwide.
I'm just tired of legal amendments before I sign an employment contract with them and lawsuits every time I leave the company and have to sue them for not adhering to provincial laws.
What they don't realize, again as is the case with most US companies operating here, is that regardless of who's legal terms the contract STATES it covers, it CANNOT be used to bind another province's employees to YOUR pvince or state laws.
They try though! By signing this contract you agree that you are relinquishing legal recourse under provincial law and are hereby bound to Quebec law (blah blah blah etc.)
If you sign it, it is irrelevant, you can't simply relinquish your rights that way.
I have argued this time and time again with companies from Washington, California, Florida, Alabama and of course Quebec, but they just DON'T get it.
If you conduct business in a state or province other than your own, you need your legal team to make sure your contracts are obligating to whomever signs it. Just because your HO is somewhere else, it doesn't mean that your laws apply too.
rambling on:
It was pretty funny when we refused to go in and open the office one day, due to a provincial holiday, and everyone at the HO in Quebec has to work. The boss actually said that he'd fly to Vancouver and hire a competitor's employees for the day and have THEM run the office...needless to say, they laughed at him too when it was proposed to their boss.
Freakin' Quebecois employers! Tabernac!
Anyway, it became a REAL issue when we were paid a day short for refusing to go to work due to not being paid for the holiday(while on salary?!) and refused to open the office that day too. THEN he found out that he had to pay us for when we refused to work THAT day because we are to be paid while refuting payment!
LOL, they just don't get it. In any province other than Quebec, or any US state, the employee has the upper hand, not the employer.
Don't screw with the boys in BC, it'll bite you in the bum!
Posted by Oz_Media
Updated - 12th Nov 2010
