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

Marginal note:Rest period

• 169.2 (1) Every employee is entitled to and shall be granted a rest period of at least eight consecutive hours between work periods or shifts.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) Despite subsection (1), an employer may require that an employee work additional hours to their scheduled work periods or shifts which would result in them having a rest period of fewer than eight consecutive hours between their work periods or shifts if it is necessary for the employee to work in order to deal with a situation that the employer could not have reasonably foreseen and that presents or could reasonably be expected to present an imminent or serious

  • (a) threat to the life, health or safety of any person;

  • (b) threat of damage to or loss of property; or

  • (c) threat of serious interference with the ordinary working of the employer’s industrial establishment.