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Effective April 1, 2017, the minimum wage rate in Nova Scotia, including at Dalhousie, has increased. Minimum wage across the province increased from $10.70 to $10.85. For inexperienced workers, the Nova Scotia rate increased from $10.20 to $10.35 per hour.

The inexperienced rate is only applied if the employee has worked for their employer for less than three months and have less than three months total experience in the kind of work they have been hired to do.

For more details, visit the Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced Education.