How much rest am I entitled to between work weeks?
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Short answer
In Quebec, workers covered by this standard are entitled to at least 32 consecutive hours of rest each week. The postponement rule is specific to farm work: with the farm worker's agreement, the employer may move that rest to the following week.
In detail
An ordinary employee's request does not create a general right to postpone weekly rest. CNESST identifies the exception for farm workers and explains that a postponed period must be added to the next week's rest, giving 64 consecutive hours.
Check the worker's coverage and actual duties: maintaining machinery on a farm, for example, is not automatically agricultural work. The weekly-rest requirement and the rules on refusing overtime are distinct; a calendar showing six consecutive workdays is not a complete analysis of every refusal right.
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Keep posted schedules and actual start/end times across both weeks. For farm work, record the agricultural duties, any agreement to postpone rest and the consecutive hours of rest actually provided.
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