Bill C-378 (Historical)

An Act amending the Canada Labour Code (complaints by former employees)

This bill is from the 44th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in January 2025.

Sponsor

Dominique Vien  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Report stage (House), as of Dec. 11, 2024
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Canada Labour Code in order to provide a former employee with more time to make a complaint relating to an occurrence of harassment and violence in the work place after they cease to be employed.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-378s:

C-378 (2017) An Act to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Act (fairness principles)
C-378 (2013) Prohibition on Importing Goods Produced by Sweatshop Labour Act
C-378 (2011) Prohibition on Importing Goods Produced by Sweatshop Labour Act
C-378 (2010) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (increase of maximum number of weeks: combined weeks of benefits)

Votes

Sept. 25, 2024 Passed 2nd reading of Bill C-378, An Act amending the Canada Labour Code (complaints by former employees)

Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Nov. 21, 2024

    Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Nov. 26, 2024

    • Nicholas Marcus Thompson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Black Class Action Secretariat
    • Yann Morin, Criminologist, Groupe d'aide et d'information sur le harcèlement au travail de la province de Québec
    • Pierre Laliberté, Commissioner for Workers, As an Individual
    • Allan Melvin, President, Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture, Canadian Federation of Agriculture
    • Philip Mondor, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tourism HR Canada
    • Brodie Berrigan, Senior Director, Government Relations and Farm Policy, Canadian Federation of Agriculture

    Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee, on Dec. 5, 2024

    • Danijela Hong, Director General, Workplace Directorate, Labour Program, Department of Employment and Social Development
    • Muhammad Ali, Director, Strategic Policy, Analysis and Workplace Information Directorate, Labour Program, Department of Employment and Social Development