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Remembrance Day is an opportunity to honor those who served our country and those who continue to do so.To help business owners and their employees observe this day while respecting provincial law a new online tool has been created to help them better understand how the Remembrance Day Act works. applies to their business. The new tool was launched today October 19 during Small Business Week.Business owners told us that its not always easy to know if they can open Remembrance Day said Jill Balser Minister of Labor Skills and Immigration. This new online tool will provide support and clarity to entrepreneurs and employees while helping them to best plan how to capitalize on this opportunity. Remembrance Day is a unique holiday in Nova Scotia. The Remembrance Day Act specifies which businesses can open on November 11 provides rules for paid public holidays and exempts certain businesses from the applicable rules.QuoteLaws can often be complex and difficult for small business owners to understand. In the case of Remembrance Day small business owners want to make sure that they are doing things right for their employees their customers and the people who have served our country. We are pleased that the Province is taking measures to help the business community in particular by launching this tool.Louis-Philippe Gauthier Senior Director Legislative Affairs Atlantic Canadian Federation of Independent BusinessQuick FactsSmall Business Week runs October 17-23.The Remembrance Day tool is the result of a collaboration between the following departments Labor Skills and Immigration Justice and Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services. The Office of Regulatory and Service Effectiveness led the project.The office was created in 2015 with a mandate to assess measure and improve government regulations in order to reduce the overall and excessive regulatory burden on businesses citizens and citizens. other groups.
