Compliance · Quebec
Law 27: will your psychosocial-risk program hold up before the CNESST?
Since October 2025, every Quebec employer must identify, document, and continuously assess psychosocial risks. Strategenia structures your program and keeps a record of every decision.
The clock is already running
What Law 27 requires of employers
The Act to modernize the occupational health and safety regime now requires every employer to manage psychosocial risks like any other risk:
- Identify and assess the psychosocial risks that are present.
- Put worker participation mechanisms in place.
- Document the assessments, the prevention plan, and the decisions.
- Continuously monitor and evaluate how effective the measures are.
At 20 workers or more, you must maintain a prevention program. Below that, an action plan is enough. In both cases, in writing.
The real challenge: sustaining the program over time
The CNESST can require you to demonstrate your analyses, decisions, training, and communications. A document produced once and then forgotten is not enough: the law calls for continuous assessment. That is precisely where a one-off audit fails, and where a living loop makes the difference.
How Strategenia supports your compliance
- Structures your prevention program step by step.
- Records every decision in a time-stamped log.
- Prioritizes the risks to address first.
- Keeps the picture alive from one cycle to the next, so you can demonstrate continuous assessment.
Strategenia structures and documents your prevention program. It does not replace legal advice and does not guarantee an outcome before the CNESST.
Frequently asked questions about Law 27
Since when has Law 27 applied to psychosocial risks?
The obligations concerning psychosocial risks came into force in October 2025. Since then, employers must integrate them into their occupational health and safety management.
What are the penalties for non-compliance?
The CNESST can intervene, impose fines, and require prompt corrective action. You must be able to demonstrate your analyses, decisions, training, and communications.
Is my organization of fewer than 20 employees covered?
Yes. Establishments with 19 workers or fewer must record a written action plan covering psychosocial risks.
Does Strategenia guarantee my compliance?
No. Strategenia structures and documents your program and makes continuous assessment easier. It does not replace professional legal advice.
Get ahead of Law 27
Structure your prevention program now, alongside the first pilot organizations.