{"id":11737,"date":"2025-12-03T10:21:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=11737"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:21:17","slug":"in-2026-minimum-wage-to-increase-twice-in-ns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2025\/12\/03\/in-2026-minimum-wage-to-increase-twice-in-ns\/","title":{"rendered":"In 2026 Minimum Wage to Increase Twice in NS."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nova Scotia\u2019s minimum wage will increase twice next year, reaching $17 an hour in October, following the unanimous recommendation of the Minimum Wage Review Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee, made up of employer and employee representatives, recommended continuing to apply the legislated formula of the consumer price index (CPI) plus one per cent, with a two-stage increase to give businesses additional time to adjust after last year\u2019s larger increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, Nova Scotia\u2019s minimum wage will increase to $16.75 per hour on April 1 and to $17 per hour on October 1. The current rate is $16.50 per hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese changes reflect a balanced, responsible approach that helps workers keep more money in their pockets while supporting predictability for employers,\u201d said Labour, Skills and Immigration Minister Nolan Young. \u201cCost of living continues to be a major concern for families, and our government is taking steps across the board to make life more affordable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to minimum wage increases, the Province has recently introduced several measures to help residents, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>more than $500 million in tax savings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>reduced child-care fees for families<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>frozen university tuition for Nova Scotia students<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>expanded housing supports for low- and moderate-income residents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>continued investments to help workers train, learn new skills and access higher-paying jobs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Facts:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>this year, the minimum wage increased by $1.30 per hour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>minimum wage earners in the province primarily work in the retail, accommodations and food industries; statistics include:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>57 per cent are female<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>39 per cent have post-secondary education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>38 per cent are over age 30<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>72 per cent hold permanent jobs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>41 per cent work full-time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Provincial Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nova Scotia\u2019s minimum wage will increase twice next year, reaching $17 an hour in October, following the unanimous recommendation of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11738,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11737\/revisions\/11738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}