What is the Nova Scotia Labour Standards Code?                                                                                                      Why is it important for supervisors/managers to know what the NS Labour Standards Code is?                              Imagine you are creating a sick leave policy in your company. Before creating your policy, you want to make sure that you are aligned with the NS Labour Standards Code. What does the NS Labour Standards Code say/contain about sick leave?  If you were thinking about having a policy that provides up to 4 days paid sick leave to employees, can you do that? Why or why not?

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  1. What is the Nova Scotia Labour Standards Code?                                                                                                     
  2. Why is it important for supervisors/managers to know what the NS Labour Standards Code is?                             
  3. Imagine you are creating a sick leave policy in your company. Before creating your policy, you want to make sure that you are aligned with the NS Labour Standards Code.
    • What does the NS Labour Standards Code say/contain about sick leave? 
    • If you were thinking about having a policy that provides up to 4 days paid sick leave to employees, can you do that? Why or why not?                                                                                                                           
  4. You are starting your own business and are identifying what the paid holidays are under the NS Labour Standards Code. You are also determining when you need to pay your employees for the holidays (or not).
    • What are the six (6) paid holidays specified within the NS Labour Standards Code? 
    • How do employees qualify for these paid holidays?                                                                                            
  5. Your company has to lay off one employee as there is not a need for that position anymore as your sales are down since fewer customers are buying your product.
    • What does the NS labour standards code say about how much notice your company has to give to the employee? And, if there are differences in length of time the company provides for that notice, include those details.
    • Does your company have to let the employee work during that notice period, or is there something else that the company can do? Explain.                                                                                                                  
  6. You are a supervisor responsible for creating the schedule in your company. It is a busy period in your company. Your company is open every day.   
    • Can you schedule someone to work all seven days next week without a day off? Why or why not? 
    • Some shifts are six (6) hours. If someone is working this shift, do you need to give them a break? If so, how long? How many breaks?  Why? 
    • If the shift is three (3) hours, do you need to give them a break? Why or why not? 
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