HALIFAX: As Nova Scotia’s minimum wage rises to $17.00 per hour on Oct. 1, CFIB continues to urge the Nova Scotia government to return to a once-a-year increase. Raising wages twice a year is not how businesses operate across the province.
Government’s continued pressure on wage scales does not reflect the reality of the labour market.
The Employment Standards Act should be changed to link minimum wage increases to increases in private sector wages.
If the province does not stop its twice-a-year increases, it risks pushing Nova Scotia’s minimum-wage-to-median-wage ratio toward levels seen in countries such as Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile and Mexico.
– Louis-Philippe Gauthier, Atlantic vice-president, Advocacy.
