Unpaid Construction Wages in Quebec: File a CCQ Wage Complaint
Claim unpaid wages, rates, hours, premiums or benefits with useful evidence for the CCQ.
Contact the CCQ promptly to protect applicable deadlines. Discussions with the employer do not necessarily suspend a time limit.
Confirm CCQ jurisdiction
The complaint concerns monetary conditions governed by the R-20 Act and construction agreements: wages, rate differences, overtime, premiums, benefits or certain expenses.
Rebuild the hours
Prepare competency cards, the employer’s legal name, job sites, dates, trade, duties, schedules, promised rates and payments received. Preserve pay records, deposits, messages, time sheets and site-access photos.
File the complaint
Use the CCQ wage-complaint form and state the facts without inflating the calculation. Keep a full copy and proof of submission, and respond to document requests.
Separate other remedies
An injury, harassment, reprisal, dismissal or work outside R-20 may require another process. Ask the CCQ which regime should receive it.