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Labour Minister Deb Higgins has released the results of the consultation process on the draft additional hours regulations section of the Labour Standards Act. "The issue of providing vulnerable workers with the opportunity to make a decent living from a secure job is a very complex one," Higgins said. "It is about young people, but it is also about women, about aboriginal employment, about immigrants and about the working poor." As a result, a Commission has been established that will make recommendations to improve access by part-time and vulnerable workers to employment income, employment benefits, and work opportunities in Saskatchewan. Higgins also announced the government's decision to withdraw the draft regulations and repeal the unproclaimed Additional Hours section of The Labour Standards Act. "During the course of our consultations, we have heard from business leaders and labour leaders, from mayors and students, from part-time workers and small-business operators and from community-based organizations," Higgins said. "We have come to realize that we need a different approach to address the issues raised by these groups." The commission will submit a report and recommendations to the government by December 15th, 2005.
