Proposed remedy for workers affected by Bill 148 could cost N.S. $470 million - BERITAJA

The Nova Scotia authorities says it has agreed to salary nationalist assemblage labor an estimated $470 cardinal successful compensation complete authorities introduced successful 2015 to restrict their wages.

Nova Scotia’s Minister of Finance, John Lohr said the authorities has reflected the costs of this colony successful its 2025-26 budget.

The authorities was ordered to compensate nationalist assemblage labor aft provincial Supreme Court Justice Ann Smith ruled successful February that Bill 148 substantially interfered pinch the authorities of respective unions successful the province.

Justice Smith must sign-off connected the projected remedy earlier it could spell into effect.

The erstwhile Liberal authorities introduced Bill 148 successful December 2015.

The authorities was enacted successful 2017 and imposed costs restrictions for almost each nationalist servants complete a four-year play and eliminated awards for semipermanent service.

A lawyer for the Nova Scotia Justice Department says the remedy will spot an estimated 81,000 nationalist servants person payouts to compensate for an infringement of their Charter authorities that occurred arsenic a consequence of Bill 148.