A correctional officer who worked 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. for more than two years while accommodated after a workplace injury was… …
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By Timothy Halman, Nova Scotia’s Minister of Service Efficiency For a small business, time matters. It is the difference between opening the …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Nova Scotia workers to get up to $5,000 over unconstitutional wage law: Unifor
Unionized public sector workers in Nova Scotia will receive lump-sum damages of up to $5,000 each for the four years a provincial… …
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Labour Law
PREMIUM Otis, KONE elevator workers in Nova Scotia ordered back after 21-day strike limit
Elevator workers in Nova Scotia who stayed on strike after their construction-side colleagues went back to work have been ordered to return… …
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CompensationFeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
Nova Scotia minimum wage hits $17, second increase this year
Minimum-wage workers in Nova Scotia now earn at least $17 an hour after the province’s second wage increase of 2026 took effect… …
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The minimum wage is going up between 25 and 40 cents in Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Ontario… …
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12,000 building trades members can now join Nova Scotia Guard
About 12,000 union members in Nova Scotia’s building trades will be able to join the Nova Scotia Guard through a new partnership… …
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Legislation & ComplianceFeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
Nova Scotia touts overtime threshold, bill on worker tips as legislature’s sitting concludes
Nova Scotia has passed legislation lowering the threshold for overtime pay and requiring that tips go to the workers who earn them,… …
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Government Policy & BudgetsFeatured
Nova Scotia tax refund returns $63 million to young workers in skilled trades, nursing, and film
Nearly 18,000 young workers in Nova Scotia have collected a provincial tax refund since it launched four years ago, with payouts now… …
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Nova Scotia proposes lower overtime threshold, tip protections
Nova Scotia workers would qualify for overtime pay after 44 hours a week instead of 48, under legislation tabled this week by… …

