Natal Day: When a holiday isn’t a holiday
Judy Haiven explains how most workers are out of luck on Natal Day, and why Nova Scotia is at the bottom of the pile in terms of statutory holidays.
Statutory holiday
Canada Day, will you be paid?
What’s open, what’s closed, who cares? Will you get paid, and does your boss know, that’s what matters.
Getting paid on Heritage Day, the loophole holiday
In Nova Scotia most stores must be closed on Monday’s Heritage Day, but to qualify for a day off with pay you must meet quite a few conditions.
Judy Haiven: (Not) getting paid on Christmas and Boxing Day
In Nova Scotia non-unionized workers have to jump through hoops to qualify for pay on Christmas Day. And don’t even think about getting paid for Boxing Day. Judy Haiven explains.
Open letter to the Nova Scotia legislature: Close stores at 4 PM on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve
Retail worker Tony Lohnes would like to see a law that makes stores close at 4 PM on Christmas Eve and New Year’s eve. Retail workers need some family time too, he says.
Judy Haiven: Remembrance Day, the punitive holiday
Remembrance Day is a punitive holiday day because many Nova Scotians must forego pay. That week your pay cheque will be 20% lighter than it was for a 5-day week.
Nova Scotia’s workers are falling behind
A recent CCPA report counts the ways current labour legislation fails to address needs of workers in the province. Provisions pertaining to standard hours of work, overtime pay, vacation, minimum wage, and statutory holidays are especially weak, writes Lisa Cameron.
Let’s hope you are paid for the Labour Day holiday!
Judi Haiven on working / not working on Labour Day and getting paid. It’s complicated. Know your labour rights!
Judy and Larry Haiven: Provisions for Nova Scotia workers woefully inadequate
Judy and Larry Haiven on the deplorable state of labour standards in NS: As we approach Labour Day of 2019, we would do well to ponder the miserable situation of those who toil in the workplaces of this province and how this hurts us all.
For many workers Natal Day leaves little to celebrate
Natal Day for many non-unionized people really isn’t a holiday at all. No overtime pay, no ability to refuse to work, and if the place closes you could get the day off with no pay. It doesn’t have to be that way, Judy Haiven explains.