NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 59/07

Labour Standards Regulations
(Amendment)
under the
Labour Standards Act
(O.C. 2007-201)

(Filed May 1, 2007)

Under the authority of section 66 of the Labour Standards Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. John's, April 27, 2007.

Robert C. Thompson
Clerk of the Executive Council

REGULATIONS

Analysis

        1.    S.11.1 Added
Definition of "family member"

CNLR 781/96
as amended

        1. The Labour Standards Regulations are amended by adding immediately after section 11 the following:

Definition of "family member"

   11.1 For the purpose of sections 43.13 to 43.16 of the Act, the term "family member", in addition to the meaning given it in paragraph 43.13(b), means, in relation to an employee,

             (a)  a child of the employee's parent or a child of the spouse or common-law partner of the employee's parent;

             (b)  a grandparent of the employee or of the employee's spouse or common-law partner or the spouse or common-law partner of the employee's grandparent;

             (c)  a grandchild of the employee or of the employee's spouse or common-law partner or the spouse or common-law partner of the employee's grandchild;

             (d)  the spouse or common-law partner of the employee's child or of the child of the employee's spouse or common-law partner;

             (e)  a parent, or the spouse or common-law partner of a parent, of the employee's spouse or common-law partner;

              (f)  the spouse or common-law partner of a child of the employee's parent or of a child of the spouse or common-law partner of the employee's parent;

             (g)  a child of a parent of the employee's spouse or common-law partner or a child of the spouse or common-law partner of the parent of the employee's spouse or common-law partner;

             (h)  an uncle or aunt of the employee or of the employee's spouse or common-law partner or the spouse or common-law partner of the employee's uncle or aunt;

              (i)  a nephew or niece of the employee or of the employee's spouse or common-law partner or the spouse or common-law partner of the employee's nephew or niece;

              (j)  a current or former foster parent of the employee or of the employee's spouse or common-law partner;

             (k)  a current or former foster child of the employee or the spouse or common-law partner of that child;

              (l)  a current or former ward of the employee or of the employee's spouse or common-law partner;

            (m)  a current or former guardian of the employee or the spouse or common-law partner of that guardian;

             (n)  in the case of an individual who has the serious medical condition, a person, whether or not related to the individual by blood, adoption, marriage or common-law partnership, whom the individual considers to be like a close relative; and

             (o)  in the case of an employee, a person, whether or not related to the employee by blood, adoption, marriage or common-law partnership, who considers the employee to be like a close relative.

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