Standards for Work-Integrated Learning Activities Regulations (SOR/2020-145)
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Regulations are current to 2026-03-17 and last amended on 2025-12-12. Previous Versions
Marginal note:Adaptations
7 (1) For the application of the provisions of Part III of the Act set out in section 5 and subsection 7(2) of these Regulations and the provisions of the Canada Labour Standards Regulations set out in section 6 and subsection 7(3) of these Regulations
(a) a reference to an “employee” in those provisions, except for the provisions referred to in paragraph 7(2)(e) of these Regulations, is to be read as a reference to a person referred to in subsection 167(1.2) of the Act;
(b) a reference to an “employer” in those provisions is to be read as a reference to the employer referred to in subsection 167(1.2) of the Act;
(c) a reference to “employment”, “work”, “job” or “job function” in those provisions, except for the provisions referred to in paragraph 7(2)(e) of these Regulations, is to be read as a reference to the activities referred to in subsection 167(1.2) of the Act; and
(d) a reference to “dismiss”, “dismissed”, “dismissing” or “dismissal” in those provisions is to be read as a reference to the employer ending the activities referred to in subsection 167(1.2) of the Act.
Marginal note:Part III of the Act
(2) The following provisions of Part III of the Act are adapted as follows for the purpose of applying them to the persons referred to in subsection 167(1.2) of the Act and, in relation to those persons, the employer:
(a) paragraph 169(1)(a) is to be read without reference to the word “standard”;
(b) subsection 169(3)
(i) is to be read without reference to the words “that under Division V entitle an employee to holidays with pay in that week”, and
(ii) is adapted such that the phrase “the standard hours of work” is to be read as “eight hours”;
(c) subsection 169.1(1) is to be read without reference to its second sentence;
(d) subsection 170(2) is to be read as follows:
(2) An employer may, in respect of an employee, establish, modify or cancel a work schedule under which the hours exceed the maximum set out in paragraph 169(1)(a) if
(a) the average hours of work for a period of two or more weeks does not exceed 40 hours a week; and
(b) the schedule, or its modification or cancellation, has been approved by the employee in writing.
(e) subsection 171(1) is adapted as follows:
171(1) A person referred to in subsection 167(1.2) who is also an employee of the employer referred to in that subsection may be employed in excess of the hours of work referred to in paragraph 169(1)(a). However, the total hours of work and performance of activities referred to in subsection 167(1.2) must not, subject to section 172, exceed 10 hours in a day and 48 hours in a week.
(f) subsection 172(2) is to be read as follows:
(2) An employer may, in respect of a person referred to in subsection 171(1), establish, modify or cancel a work schedule under which the hours exceed the maximum set out in section 171 if
(a) the average hours of work for a period of two or more weeks does not exceed 48 hours a week; and
(b) the schedule, or its modification or cancellation, has been approved by the person in writing.
(g) section 173 is to be read without reference to the words “Except as may be otherwise prescribed by the regulations”;
(h) subsection 173.01(2) must be read without reference to the words “Subject to subsection (3)”;
(i) section 192 is to be read without reference to the words “with pay”;
(j) subsection 193(2) is to be read without reference to the words “with pay”;
(k) subsection 195(2) is to be read as follows:
(2) An employer may, in respect of an employee, substitute any other day for a general holiday, and the substituted day, for that employee, is deemed to be a general holiday if the substitution has been approved by the employee in writing.
(l) subsection 204(1) is to be read without reference to the words “or reassign her to another job”;
(m) subsection 205(1) is to be read without reference to the words “or reassign her”;
(n) subsection 205(2) is to be read without reference to the words “with pay at her regular rate of wages”, “or reassigns her”, “or reassign her” and “and that pay shall for all purposes be deemed to be wages”;
(o) subsection 205(3) is to be read without reference to the words “or a reassignment”;
(p) subsection 205(4) is to be read without reference to the words “or a reassignment”;
(q) section 205.2 is to be read without reference to the words “who has been reassigned or who is on a leave of absence”;
(r) the portion of subsection 206.8(1) before paragraph (a) is to be read as follows:
206.8(1) Every employee who is an Aboriginal person is, three months after the day on which they begin their employment, entitled to and must be granted a leave of absence from employment of up to five days in every calendar year in order to enable the employee to engage in traditional Aboriginal practices, including
(s) subsections 207.3(1) and (2) are to be read as follows:
207.3(1) Every employee who takes a leave of absence from employment under any of sections 206.6 to 206.8 must, as soon as possible, provide the employer with a notice in writing of the reasons for the leave and the length of the leave that they intend to take.
(2) Every employee who is on a leave of absence from employment under any of sections 206.6 to 206.8 must, as soon as possible, provide the employer with a notice in writing of any change in the length of the leave that they intend to take.
(t) subsection 209.1(1) is to be read as follows:
209.1(1) Every employee who takes or is required to take a leave of absence from employment under this Division is entitled to be reinstated, and every employer of such an employee must, at the end of any such leave, reinstate the employee.
(u) paragraph 246.1(1)(a) is to be read without reference to subsections 174.1(4) and 177.1(7) and sections 238 and 247.96;
(v) subsection 246.1(2) is to be read without reference to subsection 240(1);
(w) subsection 247.99(1.1) is to be read without reference to subsection 240(1);
(x) section 251.19 is to be read without reference to section 251.18; and
(y) paragraph 256(1)(a) is to be read as follows:
(a) contravenes any provision of this Part or the regulations, other than subsection 251.001(9) or 252(2) or any regulation made under paragraph 264(1)(a.1);
Marginal note:Canada Labour Standards Regulations
(3) Subsection 34(1) of the Canada Labour Standards Regulations is adapted as follows for the purpose of its application to the persons referred to in subsection 167(1.2) of the Act and, in relation to those persons, the employer:
34(1) The employer’s obligation under subsection 239.1(3) of the Act begins on the date that, according to a certificate from a health care practitioner, the employee is fit to return to work with or without qualifications, and ends on the day on which employment is to end.
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