BILL NO. 49

(as passed)

2nd Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
56 Elizabeth II, 2007

Government Bill

Civil Service Collective Bargaining Act
(amended)

CHAPTER 33 OF THE ACTS OF 2007

The Honourable Carolyn Bolivar-Getson
Minister responsible for the Public Service Commission

First Reading: November 30, 2007 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)

Second Reading: December 4, 2007

Third Reading: December 10, 2007

Royal Assent: December 13, 2007

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 2 of Chapter 71 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Civil Service Collective Bargaining Act, is amended by

(a) adding immediately after clause (e) the following clause:

(ea) "department" means any department, office, agency, board, commission, corporation or other entity where persons are employed pursuant to the Civil Service Act;

(b) adding immediately after clause (k) the following clause:

(ka) "student" means a person enrolled in and returning to a course of studies at an educational institution;

2 Clauses 11(1)(c) and (d) of Chapter 71 are repealed and the following clauses substituted:

(c) employed on a casual basis unless employed continuously for more than ten weeks or employed in the same department for more than a total of ten weeks in a twelve-month period;

(d) employed on a seasonal basis unless employed for more than a total of ten weeks in a twelve-month period;

(da) a student unless employed continuously in a bargaining-unit position for more than ten weeks or employed in a bargaining-unit position in the same department for more than a total of ten weeks in a twelve-month period;