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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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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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… …
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Nova Scotia harassment policy rules mark one year in force
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberNova Scotia employers have been required to have a written workplace harassment prevention policy for a full year as of Sept. 1,… …
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PREMIUM Halifax Catholic corporation denied $1.3-million pension surplus over 1973 wording
A Halifax Catholic corporation has been denied access to a $1,318,100 pension surplus after the Nova Scotia Labour Board found the fund’s… …
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PREMIUM Striking paramedics’ pay tied to essential services schedule, not regular shifts: Nova Scotia board
Striking workers at EMC Emergency Medical Care are entitled to overtime and holiday pay based on the schedule they work under the… …
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Townhouse units built to house healthcare workers in Nova Scotia are complete, fully occupied
Twenty new townhouse units built for healthcare workers in Bridgewater are complete and fully occupied, Premier Tim Houston announced July 28. The… …
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PREMIUM Emergency Medical Care denied lockout arbitration bid by Nova Scotia board for dispatchers
Emergency Medical Care’s attempt to force interest arbitration over what it called an ineffective right to lock out unionized dispatchers has been… …
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Federal, provincial labour ministers pledge $2 billion for skills training at Halifax meeting
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberCanada’s Forum of Labour Market Ministers wrapped a meeting in Halifax on July 16 with a pledge of $2 billion over five… …
