OIC Number: 2003 - 507

Date of Order: Nov 28, 2003

Statute: Labour Standards Code

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Acting Minister of Environment and Labour dated November 26, 2003, and pursuant to subsection 4(2) and Sections 7, 50 and 52 of

Chapter 246 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Labour Standards Code, is pleased, effective on and after December 12, 2003, to: (

a) amend the regulations respecting labour standards made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 90-1321 dated November 13, 1990, to exempt specified classes of work and members of named professions from subsection 40(4) of the Labour Standards Code, in the manner set forth in

Schedule "A" attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation; (

b) amend the Minimum Wage Order (General) made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 1999-56 dated February 17, 1999, to further identify classes of workers to whom the order applies, in the manner set forth in

Schedule "B" attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation; (

c) repeal the Minimum Wage Order (Road Building and Heavy Construction Industry) made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 1999-56 dated February 17, 1999; and (

d) make new regulations respecting the minimum wage order for the construction and property maintenance employment, in the form set forth in

Schedule "C" attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation.

Department(s): Environment and Labour