Good Friday is a holiday – Will you get paid?
Judy Haiven looks at labour law as it applies to Good Friday and Easter. These things are never simple. Don’t let your boss take advantage of this, either knowingly or unknowingly.
Know your labour rights
Poor working conditions? Your rights violated at work? A new organization in Halifax offers support if you have nowhere to go
People who get paid the least and work in the most unstable jobs are often the people most vulnerable to abuse by their bosses. And without a union or money to get legal help, these workers usually have nowhere to go. In Halifax at least that situations has improved a bit. There is now a Workers Action Centre (WAC) that you can turn to for answers to your questions and for concrete support.
Heritage Day holiday – Do you get paid for the day off?
Nova Scotia Heritage Day is one of the six measly public holidays in Nova Scotia. Everyone is supposed to get Monday, Feb. 18 off work—but only some of you will be paid. Judy Haiven explains all.
Did you know that in Nova Scotia you can be forced to work on a holiday for straight time? Yes, you read that right.
Judy Haiven on living and working in Nova Scotia, one of the stingiest and most punitive provinces when it comes to labour standards. Exhibit # 1: Working on New Year’s day and other holidays.
December holidays and your pay cheque
This is the most puzzling time of the year – to figure out which days are paid holidays and which are not. Judy Haiven helps you understand your rights, so you can help your boss understand.
Doing it right on Remembrance Day
Judy Haiven visited a Halifax coffee shop at around 11 AM this Remembrance Day morning. It was good.
Know your rights: More on bosses breaking the law on Remembrance Day (updated)
He stood up straighter. In a patronizing tone he told me, “I think I know the law. I just have to pay them double time for today…” On her Remembrance Day trip to the Annapolis Valley Judy Haiven explains the law to workers and bosses. Many employees are entitled to a day off with pay, but employers don’t know that, she finds. This is an updated version of a story originally published on November 13, 2017.
Thanksgiving – a day off with no pay
Doesn’t seem fair. Thanksgiving is not a paid holiday, even though you can’t work as the store must be closed. Judy Haiven explains…
Let’s hope you are paid for the Labour Day holiday!
Judi Haiven on working / not working on Labour Day and getting paid. Know your labour rights!
Natal Day, the holiday that isn’t
Judy Haiven on Natal Day, unfortunately by no means a holiday for most of Nova Scotia’s workers. Our province is stingy when it comes to designating statutory holidays.