N. S. bill enables palliative care leave.HALIFAX -- The Compassionate com·pas·sion·ate adj. 1. Feeling or showing compassion; sympathetic. See Synonyms at humane. 2. Granted to an individual because of an emergency or other unusual circumstances: Care Bill, introduced in the Nova Scotia Nova Scotia (nō`və skō`shə) [Lat.,=new Scotland], province (2001 pop. 908,007), 21,425 sq mi (55,491 sq km), E Canada. Geography legislature, will amend the Labour Standards Code to provide up to eight weeks of unpaid leave to employees who wish to provide palliative care palliative care (paˑ·lē·ā·tiv kerˑ), n an approach to health care that is concerned primarily with attending to physical and emotional comfort rather to a parent, child or spouse. The new provincial law enables the province to act on the First Ministers' Accord on Health Care Renewal which outlines a federal initiative that would allow a six-week compassionate care benefit, available through the Employment Insurance program. The provincial bill complements the federal initiative. Nova Scotia employees will be able to access the eight-week unpaid leave benefit, protecting their jobs, as soon as the bill is proclaimed pro·claim tr.v. pro·claimed, pro·claim·ing, pro·claims 1. To announce officially and publicly; declare. See Synonyms at announce. 2. . www.gov.ns.ca/enla/labstand |
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