MINERAL TAXATION BILL No. 172

An Act to amend The Saskatchewan Employment Act respecting the Provision of Paid Interpersonal Violence and Sexual Violence Leave (Assented to ) 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 Saskatchewan Employment (Paid Interpersonal Violence and Sexual Violence Leave) Amendment Act, 2019. SS 2013, c S‑15.1

section 2‑56.1 amended The following subsection is added after subsection 2 ‑ 56.1(7) of The Saskatchewan Employment Act: “

(8) Subject to subsection (2), an employee is entitled pursuant to this

section to: (

a) paid leave for a maximum of 5 days in each period of 52 weeks at a rate equal to: (

i) the wage the employee would have been paid had the employee worked regular hours on the first day of the leave; or (ii) 5% of the employee’s total wages, not including overtime, in the four weeks preceding the first day of the leave if: (

A) the number of hours worked by the employee in a normal workday varies from day to day; or (

B) the employee’s wage for regular hours of work varies from day to day; and (

b) unpaid leave for a maximum of a further 5 days in each period of 52 weeks ”. Coming into force This Act comes into force on assent. 2 Printed by the authority of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 2019