{"id":540,"date":"2009-10-29T14:44:36","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T17:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hr-pros.ca\/?p=540"},"modified":"2009-10-29T14:44:36","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T17:44:36","slug":"lest-we-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hr-pros.ca\/fr\/lest-we-forget\/","title":{"rendered":"Lest We Forget"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remembrance Day is a solemn occasion to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifices so that we might enjoy our freedom.\u00a0 In Nova Scotia, Remembrance Day is legislated by the Remembrance Day Act<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Remembrance Day Act requires all companies to suspend operations, for three full minutes, starting at one minute before eleven o\u2019clock in the forenoon on Remembrance Day.<\/p>\n

Remembrance Day is not a Holiday in Nova Scotia but commercial activities are curtailed.\u00a0 Having said this, there are a number of industries where it is not possible to cease operations, for example health care, police services, transport, service stations.\u00a0 Section 4 of the Act provides the list of exemptions.<\/p>\n

It is worth noting that employees who do not work on Remembrance Day do not get paid unless the employer gratuitously offered to add Remembrance Day as a benefit.\u00a0 For employees required to work on Remembrance Day, the employer will grant a holiday with pay with their annual vacation or at another time mutually agreed between the employee and the employer.<\/p>\n

For more information visit the Nova Scotia Government webpage:\u00a0http:\/\/www.gov.ns.ca\/lwd\/legislation\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Visit the Canadian Virtual War Memorial<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Will you attend a Remembrance Day Ceremony?<\/strong><\/p>