Equal Pay for Equal Work introduced in Nova Scotia

Halifax, Nova Scotia
1956

It happened in Ontario then it happened in Nova Scotia. A new law declared that women should not be paid less than men because of their gender.The notion of equal pay for equal work was catching on in Canada.

Déjà vu

Promoting Fair Employment in Ontario
Equal Pay Comes to Saskatchewan
Federal Employment Fairness
British Columbia adoptes the Equal Pay Act
Promoting Fair Employment in Manitoba
Promoting Fair Employment in Nova Scotia
Federal Government adopts the Female Employees Equal Pay Act

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See:
S.N.S. 1956, c.5