Canada Labour Code (R.S.C., 1985, c. L-2)

Marginal note:Saving more favourable benefits

• 168 (1) This Part and all regulations made under this Part apply notwithstanding any other law or any custom, contract or arrangement, but nothing in this Part shall be construed as affecting any rights or benefits of an employee under any law, custom, contract or arrangement that are more favourable to the employee than his rights or benefits under this Part.

• Marginal note:Where collective agreement applies exclusively

  (1.1) Divisions II, IV, V and VIII do not apply to an employer and employees who are parties to a collective agreement that confers on employees rights and benefits at least as favourable as those conferred by those respective Divisions in respect of length of leave, rates of pay and qualifying periods for benefits, and, in respect of employees to whom the third party settlement provisions of such a collective agreement apply, the settlement of disagreements relating to those matters is governed exclusively by the collective agreement.

• Marginal note:Sunday

  (2) Nothing in this Part authorizes the doing of any work on Sunday that is prohibited by law.