Nova Scotia
General Minimum Wage: $12.55 per hour Experienced workers/$11.05 Inexperienced workers
Overtime Pay: 1.5 times the employees wage rate.
Overtime Hours: Weekly Overtime – All hours worked over 48 hours in a week.
Statutory Holiday Pay: (If worked): Time and a half plus regular day or regular day plus alternate day. (If not worked): Regular day’s pay
Sick Days: 3 days.
Vacation: Must work 1 full year before entitled to vacation time.
Entitled to 2 weeks of vacation after each of the first 7 years of employment and must be paid at least 4% of vacationable earnings.
Entitled to 3 weeks of vacation after 8 consecutive years of employment and paid at least 6% of vacationable earnings.
Statutory Holidays: New Year’s Day, Nova Scotia Heritage Day, Good Friday, Canada Day, Labour Day and Christmas Day.
Upcoming Statutory Holidays:
Christmas Day – Friday, December 25, 2020
- Average Workers’ Comp Assessment Rate 2020: $2.65 per $100.
- Maximum Assessable/Insurable Earnings 2020: $62,000
Labour Standards Code Nova Scotia
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September 26th: End of CERB program (although applications accepted until Oct. 3)
September 27th: EI enhancements + new CRB, CRCB, CRSB benefits take effect
September 30th: Deadline for students to apply for CESB payments
October 30th: End of EI Pilot Project providing extended benefits to seasonal workers in select geographic regions
October 31st: End of CEBA program
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