OIC Number: 2025 - 218

Date of Order: Jul 15, 2025

Statute: Labour Standards Code

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Labour, Skills and Immigration dated June 10, 2025, and pursuant to Sections 50 and 52 of

Chapter 246 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Labour Standards Code , is pleased, effective on and after October 1, 2025, to: (

a) amend the Minimum Wage Order (General) , N.S. Reg. 5/1999, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 1999-56 dated February 17, 1999, to increase the minimum wage, in the manner set forth in

Schedule “A” attached to and forming part of the Report and Recommendation; (

b) amend the Minimum Wage Order (Construction and Property Maintenance) , N.S. Reg. 202/2003, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2003-507 dated November 28, 2003, to increase the minimum wage, in the manner set forth in

Schedule “B” attached to and forming part of the Report and Recommendation; and (

c) amend the Minimum Wage Order (Logging and Forest Operations) , N.S. Reg. 5/1999, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 1999-56 dated February 17, 1999, to increase the minimum wage, in the manner set forth in

Schedule “C” attached to and forming part of the Report and Recommendation.

Department(s): Labour, Skills and Immigration