1998 LABOUR STANDARDS BILL No. 234 of

An Act to amend The Labour Standards Act respecting an Indexed Minimum Wage Initial Rate (Assented to , 1998) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:

Short title This Act may be cited as The Labour Standards Amendment Act, 1998 (Indexed Minimum Wage Initial Rate) . R.S.S. 1978, c.L-1, s.15 amended

Section of The Labour Standards Act is amended by adding immediately after subsection (4) thereof the following new subsection: “

(4.1) Notwithstanding the authority granted the board pursuant to any other provision of this

section with respect to fixing a minimum wage in any class of employment, the board shall not fix a minimum wage for any class of employment that is less than $6.10 per hour, which amount, to be known hereafter as the minimum wage initial rate, shall be adjusted annually by the change in the Consumer Price Index for Saskatchewan. ” Coming into force This Act comes into force on assent. 1998 LABOUR STANDARDS REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE QUEEN’S PRINTER Copyright©1998