Rights and safety at work
Use of force by security guards in Quebec: what the law allows
Arrest, self-defence, protecting property: force must be necessary and reasonable. The Criminal Code limits, the risks to your licence and the training.
Security guard rights and safety at work
Arrest, assault, harassment, leave, hours, dismissal: the rights of security guards in Quebec.
Rights and safety at work
Security guard leave in Quebec: sick, family, bereavement
Sick leave, family reasons, death, wedding, birth: the paid days under the security guards' Decree and the Act respecting labour standards.
Rights and safety at work
Dismissed or laid off: a Quebec security guard's recourses
Notice, indemnity, work certificate, complaints to the CNESST and the Comité paritaire, Record of Employment: your recourses after a dismissal or layoff.
Rights and safety at work
Workplace harassment: a security guard's rights in Quebec
Legal definition, the agency's obligations, records to keep and a CNESST complaint within 2 years: your rights when facing workplace harassment.
Rights and safety at work
Security guard working hours in Quebec: maximum and refusal
40-hour week, staggering, 12-hour shifts, the right to refuse overtime, schedule 5 days in advance, 32 hours of rest: the rules.
Rights and safety at work
Unions and security guards in Quebec: how it works
Decree or collective agreement, certification, dues, protection against reprisals, strikes: how to unionize as a security guard.
Rights and safety at work
Security Guard Assaulted at Work: Your Rights and Next Steps
Assault complaint, self-defence, employer's obligations, CNESST (6-month limit, 90% of net), post-traumatic stress and CAVAC.
Rights and safety at work
Night shift security guard in Quebec: premium, health and rights
Night premium of $1.00/h between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., paid meal, overtime, working alone and health: what the Decree, the Act and the CCOHS say.
Rights and safety at work
Citizen's arrest: a security guard's powers in Quebec
Arrest, force, searches, handcuffs: what section 494 of the Criminal Code allows a security guard in Quebec to do, and what it forbids.