New regulation — Décret 741-2026
The regulation published in the Gazette officielle on May 27, 2026 applies to every Quebec employer, with no size threshold. It does not ask for a new programme: it asks that every worker receive in writing the information specific to your workplace, that a complaint procedure be available, and that a person be designated to receive complaints.
The regulation is published in the Gazette officielle du Québec (Décret 741-2026).
Every worker must have received the information in writing; the complaint and reporting procedure must be available at the workplace; a person must be designated to receive complaints.
Every worker must have received training on preventing sexual violence, repeated every 3 years.
Source: Gazette officielle du Québec, May 27, 2026, Décret 741-2026 (PDF)
Every employer. The regulation sets no different rule by business size: a three-person shop is covered like a factory. It comes on top of the harassment-prevention policy already required by the Act respecting labour standards (s. 81.19, since 2019) and Loi 42 (since September 27, 2024), which it does not replace.
The written information must include the measures in your action plan (s. 3, 3°). A business with fewer than 20 workers that already has its plan has done much of the work: what remains is to pull out what concerns violence and harassment, describe the situations specific to your workplace and write the procedure.
Since October 6, 2026, the $129 offer includes a sixth document: “Sexual violence: information for workers”. It is built from your action plan and your answers, in French or English.
Customers who have already bought find it under “My documents”, at no extra cost.
Yes. It covers every employer and sets no different rule by business size.
No. The training sections take effect on May 27, 2028. Every worker must then have received it, and receive it again every 3 years. In 2027, it is the written information, the procedure and the designated person.
It remains required, but it does not cover the whole regulation. The regulation also asks for written information given to every worker, adapted to your workplace and including the measures of your action plan, a procedure available at the workplace, and a designated person.
CNESST has announced it will develop tools to support employers before the regulation takes effect. Check its page “Violence à caractère sexuel en milieu de travail”.
The regulation requires that it be given in writing to every worker. Keeping an acknowledgement-of-receipt page signed by each one is a simple way to be able to show it.
This page is informational and is not legal advice. PlanSST is a private company, not affiliated with the CNESST. Check your situation with the CNESST.