2nd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
64 Elizabeth II, 2015
The Honourable Kelly Regan
Minister of Labour and Advanced Education
First Reading: November 20, 2015 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)
Second Reading: November 24, 2015
Third Reading: December 4, 2015
Royal Assent: December 18, 2015
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Subsection 30(1) of Chapter 246 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Labour Standards Code, is repealed and the following subsection substituted:
(a) that person has made or has assisted another person in making a complaint pursuant to this Act;
(b) that person has initiated an inquiry, investigation or proceeding or has assisted with the initiation of an inquiry, investigation or proceeding pursuant to this Act;
(c) that person has testified or is about to testify, or the employer believes that person may testify, in any proceeding pursuant to an enactment;
(d) that person has participated or is about to participate, or the employer believes that person may participate, in any proceeding pursuant to an enactment;
(e) that person has made or is about to make an inquiry about that person's rights or the rights of another person pursuant to this Act;
(f) that person has made or is about to make any disclosure that that person is required or permitted to make by this Act;
(g) that person has made or is about to make a statement or provide information to the Director or an officer that that person is required or permitted to make or provide by this Act;
(h) that person has asked or required the employer to comply with this Act and the regulations;
(i) that person has taken or has evidenced an intention to take, or the employer believes that that person may take, a leave of absence to which that person was or will be entitled pursuant to this Act at the time of any such leave of absence; or
(j) that person has refused or attempted to refuse to work on a uniform closing day in a retail business or refuses to sign a contract of employment or agreement that requires that person to work in a retail business on a uniform closing day if the employee is not required to work on a uniform closing day by or pursuant to Section 66A.