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Changes to Employment Standards Act take effect
2018-12-27
Family-friendly amendments to the Employment Standards Act passed during the 2018 fall legislative session will come into effect on Saturday, December 29, 2018.
Changes to the act include:
• Extended parental leave from 12 months to 18 months to align with the federal employment insurance...
Province awards Arts Grants
2018-12-13
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The River Clyde Pageant, a spectacular outdoor community theatre project occurring each summer in New Glasgow, was recently awarded a PEI Arts Grant for the 2019 edition of the event.
“Support from the Arts Grant program helps us develop The River Clyde Pageant further...
Supporting Indigenous Business and Culture in PEI for a strengthened and inclusive economy
2018-11-16
Indigenous communities across Atlantic Canada are building on the potential of their resources and making innovative contributions to grow a strong economy. In Prince Edward Island, the Mi’kmaq First Nation communities will soon have a modern, central hub for developing and supporting cultural...
Minimum wage to increase
2018-10-26
Prince Edward Island’s minimum wage will remain the highest in Atlantic Canada when it increases by 70 cents to $12.25 per hour on April 1, 2019.
“Our government is focused on helping Island families and supporting low-income workers by raising the minimum wage,” said Workforce and Advanced...
Heather Moyse joins YDAY 2018
2018-09-07
Prince Edward Island native and four-time Olympian Heather Moyse believes we are capable of way more than we think – and she will share that message at YDAY 2018 later this month.
The double gold medalist is the keynote speaker at the provincial government’s annual youth summit September 22 at...
Province to Islanders living away: ‘Maybe you should come home’
2018-08-01
The provincial government is asking Islanders living elsewhere to consider coming home.
The month long campaign “Maybe You Should Come Home” https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/maybeyoushouldcomehome
– after a lyric from Kinley Dowling’s song Golden Days – encourages Islanders living away to share...
Provincial government investing in Island’s future leaders
2018-07-27
More Prince Edward Island students than ever before participated in a nationwide young leaders program supported by the provincial government.
SHAD – named for the Aurora, Ontario creek where the program began – is a summer enrichment program hosted by 16 different universities each July that...
Sekisui Diagnostics to add jobs with latest expansion
2018-07-13
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The second expansion in as many years at Sekisui Diagnostics will bring new jobs and help the company increase its production and develop new export markets that will boost the Island’s economy.
Premier Wade MacLauchlan and His Excellency Kimihiro Ishikane, Japan’s...
Feedback wanted on changes to employee leave
2018-07-12
Government wants Islanders’ input on possible changes to the law involving different types of leave for employees.
Islanders can now provide feedback until August 27 on draft regulations to support the implementation of Employment Standards Act (Bill 116) online at https://www.princeedwardisland....
Province again exceeds its population goal
2018-06-15
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One year into Prince Edward Island’s Population Action Plan, the province’s population is larger than ever at 153,116.
There has been progress on all key indicators in the first year of government’s five-year action plan. It focuses on recruiting, retaining, and...