Statement of wages, notice of building permit or development and building permit, statement of employer
53(1)Every employer shall yearly, on or before such date as shall be prescribed by regulation and at such other time or times as may by order of the Commission be required, file with the Commission a statement of the amount of the wages earned by all his employees during the year then last past, or any part thereof specified by the Commission, and of the amount which he estimates he will expend for wages during the then current year, or any part thereof specified by the Commission, and such additional information as the Commission may require, both verified by the statutory declaration of the employer or the manager of the business or, where the employer is a corporation, by an officer of the corporation having personal knowledge of the matters to which the declaration relates.
53(2)Every employer shall keep, in such form and with such detail as may be required for the purposes of this Act, a careful and accurate account of all wages paid to his employees which account shall be kept within the Province and shall be produced to the Commission and its officers when so required.
53(3)Where the business of the employer embraces more than one branch of business or class of industry, the Commission may require separate statements to be made as to each branch or class of industry, and such statements shall be made, verified, and filed as provided by subsection (1).
53(4)If any employer does not file with the Commission the prescribed statement within the prescribed time, the Commission may base any assessment or supplementary assessment thereafter made upon him on such sum as in its opinion is the probable amount of the payroll of the employer, and the employer shall be bound thereby, but if it is afterwards ascertained that such amount is less than the actual amount of the payroll, the employer shall be liable to pay to the Commission the difference between the amount for which he was assessed and the amount for which he would have been assessed on the basis of his payroll.
53(5)If an employer does not comply with the provisions of subsection (1), (2) or (3), or if any statement made in pursuance of their provisions is not a true and accurate statement of any of the matters required to be set forth in it, the employer for every such non-compliance and for every such statement is liable to an administrative penalty imposed under section 82.1, and default or delay in furnishing any such statement or insufficiency of estimate of expenditure for wages shall also render the employer liable to pay an additional percentage of assessment or to pay interest, as fixed by the Commission.
53(6)Repealed: 1989, c.65, s.18
53(7)Within three days after the granting of any building permit in any city, town or parish, notice thereof, together with such particulars as the Commission may require, shall be given to the Commission by the person whose duty it is to keep a record of such permits.
53(8)Repealed: 1989, c.65, s.18
53(9)Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act every person shall, whenever required by the Commission, and within such reasonable time as it shall prescribe, file with the Commission a statement, verified as provided by subsection (1), showing any one or all of the following items:
(a)
the names and addresses of his employees at any specified time or during any specified period;
(b)
the nature of his business or undertaking and the duties performed by his employees at any specified time or during any specified period;
(c)
such particulars of wages and period of employment as may be specified;
(d)
such other particulars pertinent to the purposes of this Act as may be specified.
53(10)If a person does not comply with requirements of subsection (9) within fifteen days from notice thereof sent by the Commission in the ordinary course of post to him at his latest known address, or if any statement rendered to the Commission pursuant thereto is not a true and accurate statement of any of the matters required to be set forth in it, he is for every such non-compliance and for every such statement liable to an administrative penalty imposed under section 82.1.
R.S., c.255, s.48; 1965, c.48, s.9; 1981, c.80, s.21; 1982, c.67, s.7; 1989, c.65, s.18; 1994, c.70, s.12; 1994, c.95, s.51; 1996, c.79, s.9; 2019, c.39, s.15; 2020, c.8, s.37