Nova Scotia Labour

• N.S. company right to fire employee for masturbating at work: arbitrator

  The arbitrator was asked to decide whether discipline and eventually termination, was justified for loudly masturbating in a bathroom stall at work.

  Politics

  May 27, 2019
  
• Nova Scotia’s Donkin coal mine suspends work after roof collapses

  Mine spokesperson Shannon Campbell issued a statement describing the incident as "certain adverse geologic conditions beyond our control."

  Canada

  Jan 3, 2019
  
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• Nova Scotia introduces legislation that seeks to help victims of domestic violence

  The amendments to the Labour Standards Act will ensure victims can take protected, unpaid leave from work for up to 16 straight weeks.

  Health

  Mar 29, 2018
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• Nova Scotia accepts arbitrator’s decision for wage hikes for civil servants

  An arbitration board has awarded civil servants a contract that is longer and more lucrative than the one proposed by the province.

  Canada

  Dec 7, 2017
• N.S. Liberals leave out contentious portion of Bill 148 in request for constitutional review

  A Liberal government promise to have the courts test Nova Scotia's wage legislation against the constitution won't include one of the bill's most controversial sections.

  Politics

  Aug 24, 2017
• Decision to impose wage package on N.S. public workers ‘actions of a snake’: union

  According to the government, the legislation will now be referred to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal so that the court can voice its opinion on the legislation's constitutionality.

  Politics

  Aug 22, 2017
• Nova Scotia government to impose wage package on civil servants: sources

  It's expected that Mark Furey will proclaim Bill 148, which was passed by the Liberal government in December 2015 and would impose a four-year wage package on civil servants.

  Canada

  Aug 22, 2017