Canada Labour Code

Marginal note:Offences and punishment

• 256 (1) Every person who

  • (a) contravenes any provision of this Part or the regulations, other than a provision of Division IX, subsection 252(2) or any regulation made pursuant to section 227 or paragraph 264(a),

  • (b) contravenes any order made under this Part or the regulations, or

  • (c) discharges, threatens to discharge or otherwise discriminates against a person because that person

    • (i) has testified or is about to testify in any proceedings or inquiry taken or had under this Part, or

    • (ii) has given any information to the Minister or an inspector regarding the wages, hours of work, annual vacation or conditions of work of an employee,

    is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars.

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  (2) Every employer who contravenes any provision of Division IX or any regulation made pursuant to section 227 is guilty of

  • (a) an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars; or

  • (b) an indictable offence and liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars.

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  (3) Every employer who

  • (a) refuses or fails to keep any record that by subsection 252(2) or any regulation made under paragraph 264(a) the employer is required to keep, or

  • (b) refuses to make available for examination by an inspector at any reasonable time any such record kept by the employer,

  is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for each day during which any such refusal or failure continues.