{"id":9261,"date":"2025-07-16T10:29:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiqsante.qc.ca\/conditions\/pl101\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T11:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:32:10","slug":"pl101","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fiqsante.qc.ca\/en\/conditions\/pl101\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill 101"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”9247″ img_size=”full” css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Bill 101 | An attack on the health and safety of women<\/h2>\n

The CAQ government went ahead in October 2025 with the passing of Bill 101, contested since last spring by the FIQ and other unions because of its impact on female workers\u2019 health. This CAQ bill is a direct attack on the occupational health and safety (OHS) rights of women workers in the public health and education sectors.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Understanding Bill 101<\/h2>\n

In July 2020, a nurse was violently attacked in an improvised psychiatric unit in Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie-Est. She was strangled for many minutes before the police arrived.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this sad case is just one of the growing number of workplace injuries for women workers in the health and education sectors. Even though they only make up 19.2% of total jobs in Quebec, these workers account for 35.7% of all recognized employment injuries.<\/p>\n

Given these alarming statistics, it would be logical to think the government would offer them better occupational health and safety protection. However, despite promises made, the Minister of Labour, Jean Boulet, is proposing the exact opposite with Bill 101<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bill 101 considerably reduces the duties of health and safety committees and health and safety representatives in the health and education sectors, in addition to removing deadline requirements for prevention programs.<\/p>\n

Given that 81% of the workforce in the healthcare sector is made up of women, this is an affront to women’s health and safety at work.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Why is the FIQ against it?<\/h2>\n