Bill 237 (Legislature 22, Session 1)

L22 S1 2885

Alberta — Bills

1989 BILL 237 Fkst Session, 22nd Legislature, 38 Elizabedi II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 237

AN ACT TO AMEND THE EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS CODE MR. SIGURDSON Fkst Readmg .... Second Reading Committee of the Whole Thkd Reading Royal Assent .

Bill 237 Mr. Sigurdson BILL 237 1989

AN ACT TO AMEND THE EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS CODE (Assented to ,1989) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as foUows: 1 The Employment Standards Code is amended by this Act. 2 The following is added after

section 35: 35.1(1) At no time shaU a minimum wage fixed pursuant to

section 35 be less than the minimum wage in effect on July 2, 1989, plus a minimum of any increase in the Consumer Price Index from July 1, 1989, to the date 2 months prior to the effective date of the new minimum wage being fixed.

(2) If a new minimum wage is fixed pursuant to

section 35 which is greater than the minunum wage calculated pursuant to subsection (1), then the date upon which that new minimum wage comes mto effect shaU, for the purposes of that minimum wage, stand ki place of July 2,1989, as the date from which a change in the Consumer Price Index is established for die purposes of subsection (1).

(3) No later than July 15 ki every year, the Lieutenant Govemor in Council shall review the minimum wage set pursuant to subsection (1) and make any adjustinent which may be necessary to comply widi subsection (1), to be effective not later than August 1 of diat year, and die Minister shall table in the Legislative Assembly a report on the results of the review

Explanatory Notes 1 This BiU wiU amend

chapter E-10.2 of die Statutes of Alberta, 1988. 2 New sections tie the minimum wage to any increase in the Consumer Price Index and set the wage at $5.00 per hour as at July 1, 1989.

and any adjustment within 15 days of the commencement of its next sitting.

(4) In this section, "Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index for Alberta as pubUshed monthly by Statistics Canada. 35.2 Effective July 1, 1989, tiie minunum wage shall be $5.00 per hour.

Title: 1989 (22nd, 1st) Bill 237,

An Act to Amend the Employment Standards Code

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L22 S1 2885
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L22 S1 2885
Language	en
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