The uniform: A shared responsibility.

To facilitate the procedures associated with the end of employment, it is essential to adopt good practices regarding uniform and equipment. In order to do so, we strongly recommend that the employer provides the employee with a document detailing the uniform and equipment supplied at the time of hiring or during the annual uniform renewal. Ideally, this document should be signed by both parties.

It is the employee’s responsibility, at the time of termination, to return to his former employer the uniform and equipment that were provided to him. This uniform and equipment belong to the employer. To avoid misunderstanding and to protect themselves, it is advisable for the employee to request and keep a copy of a document, as described above, when receiving the uniform and equipment, as well as receipt of the return at the end of employment.

It is the employer’s responsibility, at the time of termination, to pay employee any amounts owed, whether or not the uniform and equipment have been returned. An employer cannot withhold payment in exchange for the return of the uniform and equipment. There are other means of recovering them.