BILL NO. 67

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006

Private Member's Bill

Labour Standards Code
(amended)

Manning MacDonald
Cape Breton South

First Reading: May 10, 2006

(Explanatory Notes)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Clause 1 entitles employees to a rest period of at least 36 consecutive hours every seven days.

Clauses 2 and 3 entitle employees to at least 30 minutes rest after every five consecutive hours of work.

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows :

1 Subsection 66(2) of Chapter 246 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Labour Standards Code, as enacted by Chapter 14 of the Acts of 1991, is amended by striking out "twenty-four" in the fourth line and substituting "thirty-six".

2 Chapter 246 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 66A the following Section:

66B An employer shall provide an employee a rest or eating period of at least one-half hour at intervals such that as a result no employee works longer than five consecutive hours without a rest or eating period.

3 Subsection 67(1) of Chapter 246 is amended by adding "or a period of rest in accordance with Section 66B" immediately after "66" in the fourth line.