BILL NO. 182
(as introduced)
2nd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
65 Elizabeth II, 2016
Labour Standards Code
(amended)
Marian Mancini
Dartmouth South
First Reading: May 10, 2016
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill provides for a gradual increase of the minimum wage to $15.00 and repeals the power to fix a different minimum wage for inexperienced employees.
An Act to Amend Chapter 246
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Labour Standards Act
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 (1) Subsection 50(1) of Chapter 246 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Labour Standards Code, as amended by Chapter 14 of the Acts of 1991, is further amended by striking out "The" in the first, second and third lines and substituting "Subject to subsection (3), the".
(2) Subsection 50(2) of Chapter 246, as amended by Chapter 14 of the Acts of 1991, is further amended by
(a) striking out "The" in the first, second and third lines and substituting "Subject to subsection (3), the"; and
(b) striking out "or inexperienced employees" in the second line of clause 50(2)(g).
(3) Section 50 of Chapter 246, as amended by Chapter 14 of the Acts of 1991, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (2) the following subsection:
(2) Subsection 50(3) of Chapter 246, as enacted and amended by this Act, is further amended by striking out "thirteen dollars and thirty-five cents" and substituting "fifteen dollars".
3 (1) Section 1 has effect on or after on January 1, 2017.
(2) Subsection 2(1) has effect on or after January 1, 2018.
(3) Subsection 2(2) has effect on or after January 1, 2019.
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