CNESST lawyer in Lévis, from our Quebec City office

What our CNESST lawyers do in Lévis

Whether you are filing a first claim or the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST, formerly the CSST) has already ruled against you, our CNESST law firm takes the file from there. The full process is on our CNESST lawyer page; here is the short version for a Lévis worker.

Your claim after an industrial accident

We help you complete the Worker’s Claim, notify your employer and collect the medical certificate from your attending physician. Our article on how to file a claim with the CNESST lists the documents to gather.

Administrative review within 30 days

The CNESST’s Direction de la révision administrative (DRA) reexamines a decision at your request. We write the request for review, attach the medical evidence and add an independent medical opinion when the diagnosis, consolidation or functional limitations are disputed.

Contest before the Administrative Labour Tribunal

The Administrative Labour Tribunal, called the Tribunal administratif du travail (TAT), rules after review. We prepare witnesses, coordinate the medical expert, plead before the administrative judge and use conciliation when a settlement serves you better than a hearing.

Medical disputes and the BEM

When a designated physician contradicts your attending physician, the Bureau d’évaluation médicale (BEM) can be asked to rule on the medical questions. We prepare your medical file for it, then contest the CNESST decision that follows if it lowers your income replacement indemnity.

Workplace accidents in Lévis and Chaudière-Appalaches

Services accounted for 69.0% of jobs in Chaudière-Appalaches in 2025, against 80.2% for Quebec as a whole, while construction reached 8.7%, according to the government’s socioeconomic profile. Lévis, with 160,882 residents, holds more than a third of the region’s population.

Davie shipyard and heavy industry

Chantier Davie has built ships in Lévis since 1825 and employed about 40% of Quebec’s shipbuilding and repair workers in 2019. Welding, rigging and work at height in a shipyard lead to falls, crush injuries, burns and occupational diseases such as noise-induced hearing loss, each requiring a causal link with the job.

Wood, food processing and construction

The region’s manufacturing leans on wood products and food. Production lines and sawmills cause musculoskeletal disorders and hand injuries, while construction sites from Saint-Romuald to Saint-Nicolas and Pintendre add falls from height and back injuries.

Desjardins, the hospital and public services

The Desjardins head office, the Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis and the city’s schools employ many office, health care and education workers. Psychological injuries such as burnout and post-traumatic stress are frequent in those jobs and require careful proof of events, dates and medical follow-ups.

Your CNESST deadlines in Lévis

In Lévis as elsewhere, a missed deadline alone can close the door on a contest. These are the time limits that govern your file under the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases (LATMP in French).

The Tribunal deadline went to 60 days

Until April 6, 2023, the deadline to appeal to the Tribunal was 45 days. The Act to modernize the occupational health and safety regime amended section 359 of the LATMP to make it 60 days, and many documents still show the old figure. The clock runs from the day the decision reached you, so keep the envelope.

CNESST benefits for Lévis workers

The income replacement indemnity equals 90% of your weighted net income, capped by the maximum insurable earnings of $103,000 for 2026, and it is paid every two weeks while you are unable to work. Your employer pays the first 14 full days of incapacity, then the CNESST takes over from the 15th full day.If you cannot return to your job, the indemnity continues while rehabilitation measures and the search for a suitable job are under way, for up to one more year once that job is determined but not available (s. 49). The bodily injury indemnity, medical aid such as physiotherapy, personal home assistance and death benefits complete the picture. Our article on temporary and permanent disability explains the difference.

Your CNESST lawyer on the Lévis side

On the South Shore of Quebec City, we represent injured workers in Saint-Romuald, Saint-Nicolas, Charny, Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Lauzon and Breakeyville, and across Beauce to Saint-Georges. Our Quebec City office is on boulevard des Galeries, and the Tribunal administratif du travail has a Lévis office on boulevard Alphonse-Desjardins. We also visit you at home or handle the file by phone.Representation in your CNESST file is your call: a member of the Barreau du Québec, or an expert in administrative recourse when the file allows a lower cost. Behind both options, our lawyers share 30 years of combined experience in administrative law. For a disability insurer’s refusal, see our disability insurance lawyer in Lévis.

Our CNESST lawyers elsewhere in Quebec

Across the river, we serve workers throughout Quebec City, including Sainte-Foy and Beauport, and we plead before the Tribunal in every region of the province. For the Montreal South Shore, see our page for a CNESST lawyer in Longueuil.