BILL NO. 187

(as introduced)

1st Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
54 Elizabeth II, 2005



Private Member's Bill



Labour Standards Code
(amended)



Frank Corbett
Cape Breton Centre



First Reading: May 4, 2005

(Explanatory Notes)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

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Explanatory Notes

Clause 1 prohibits employers from deducting from the wages of employees to cover losses arising from customers leaving without paying for goods or services or otherwise failing to pay for the goods and services.

Clause 2 adds the deduction from wages contrary to the new provision in Clause 1 to the list of matters about which an employee may make a complaint under Section 81 of the Labour Standards Code.

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

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Chapter 246 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Labour Standards Code, is amended by adding immediately after Section 79 the following Section:

2 Clause 81(a) of Chapter 246, as amended by Chapter 14 of the Acts of 1991, is further amended by adding ", 79A" immediately after "79" in the fourth line.

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