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Administrative Monetary Penalties (Canada Labour Code) Regulations (SOR/2020-260)

Regulations are current to 2024-03-06 and last amended on 2023-12-20. Previous Versions

SCHEDULE 3(Section 5)Penalty Amount

PART 1Definitions

  • 1 The following definitions apply in this Schedule.

    business

    business means a person other than an individual. (entreprise)

    large business

    large business means any business that is not a micro business or a small business. (grande entreprise)

    micro business

    micro business means any business that, at the time a notice of violation is issued under subsection 276(1) of the Act, has fewer than five employees or, at the end of its last fiscal year before a notice of violation is issued, has less than $30,000 in annual gross revenue. (micro entreprise)

    small business

    small business means any business, other than a micro business, that, at the time a notice of violation is issued under subsection 276(1) of the Act, has fewer than 100 employees or, at the end of its last fiscal year before a notice of violation is issued, has less than $5 million in annual gross revenue. (petite entreprise)

PART 2Amount

ItemColumn 1Column 2Column 3
Person or DepartmentViolation TypeBaseline Penalty Amount ($)
1IndividualA200
B500
C1,000
D2,000
E4,000
2Micro businessA250
B750
C1,500
D3,500
E7,500
3Small businessA500
B1,500
C3,000
D7,000
E15,000
4Large business or departmentA2,000
B6,000
C12,000
D25,000
E50,000
 

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