Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail - Laurentians

Prevention and safety

• Support for workers and employers in their efforts to eliminate hazards in their workplace.
• Inspection of workplaces.
• Promotion of occupational health and safety.
• Compensation for workers who suffered an occupational injury.
• Rehabilitation of workers who, because of an occupational injury, suffered a permanent impairment of physical or mental integrity.

Pay equity

• Front-line telephone service to answer general questions on the application of the Loi sur l'équité salariale.
• Specialized assistance to understand more complex or technical aspects of the law.
• Pay equity audit program: investigations to ensure that companies are complying with their pay equity obligations.
• Development of tools and training courses accessible free of charge in all regions of Québec.
• Research activities.

Labour standards

• Information on labour standards and obligations under the law and regulations.
• Registration of complaints.
• Mediation for employees or employers concerned by a complaint of psychological harassment, wrongful dismissal or prohibited practice.