Needed guidance from the Court of Appeal on the question of the quasi-constitutional protection of parental status in Québec
April 5, 2024
In this matter, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (the “Union”), which represents bus drivers and related services employees employed by the Réseau de transport de Longueuil (the “Employer”), alleged, through a group grievance, that a provision of the collective agreement concerning the granting of attendance credits discriminated against employees who had taken maternity leave, paternity leave or parental leave.