BILL NO. 57

(as introduced)

3rd Session, 58th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
52 Elizabeth II, 2003



Private Member's Bill



Labour Standards Code
(amended)



Darrell Dexter
Dartmouth-Cole Harbour



First Reading: May 22, 2003

(Explanatory Notes)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

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Explanatory Notes

Clause 1 amends the definition of "minimum wage" in the Labour Standards Code.

Clause 2 increases the minimum mandatory vacation period from two weeks to a maximum of four weeks and increases vacation pay from four per cent of the employee's wages to a maximum of eight per cent of wages, depending on the number of years an employee has worked for an employer.

Clause 3 clarifies that part-time employees are entitled to vacation pay.

Clause 4 requires an employer with ten or more full-time equivalent employees to provide certain benefits to part-time employees.

Clauses 5 and 6 set out a new procedure for determining the minimum wage each year.

Clause 7 clarifies that part-time employees are entitled to parental-leave benefits.

Clauses 8 and 9 provide that an employee who is a parent may take up to five unpaid days of leave a year if the employee is needed at home because of a sudden emergency.

Clause 10 sets the maximum number of hours per week during which a person may work at forty hours and provides that a person shall be paid time and a half for those hours the person is required to work in excess of forty hours.

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An Act to Amend Chapter 246
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Labour Standards Code,
to Improve Labour Standards

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Clause 2(j) of Chapter 246 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Labour Standards Code, is repealed and the following clause substituted:

2 Section 32 of Chapter 246 is repealed and the following Section substituted:

3 Chapter 246 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 36 the following Section:

4 Chapter 246 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 43 the following heading and Section:

5 Sections 50 to 53 of Chapter 246 are repealed and the following Sections substituted:

6 Section 54 of Chapter 246, as amended by Chapter 14 of the Acts of 1991, is further amended by striking out "of the Governor in Council" in the second line.

7 Section 59B of Chapter 246, as enacted by Chapter 14 of the Acts of 1991 and amended by Chapter 35 of the Acts of 2000, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (4) the following subsection:

8 Chapter 246 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 59H the following Section:

9 Subsection 60(1) of Chapter 246, as enacted by Chapter 14 of the Acts of 1991, is amended by striking out "or 59G" in the fourth line and substituting ", 59G or 59I".

10 Section 61 of Chapter 246, as amended by Chapter 14 of the Acts of 1991, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (1) the following subsections:

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