An employee whose employment contract is terminated before he or she has been able to benefit from the mandatory compensatory rest to which he or she is entitled or before he or she has acquired sufficient rights to be able to take this rest shall receive a cash indemnity the amount of which corresponds to his or her acquired rights.
This indemnity is also payable to the dependents of an employee whose death occurs before he or she has been able to benefit from the mandatory time off to which he or she is entitled or before he or she has acquired sufficient rights to be able to take this time off. It is then paid to those entitled to obtain payment of the outstanding wages.
This indemnity has the status of wages.