(i) the establishment of procedures to assist and improve industrial relations,
(ii) minimum wages,
(iii) hours of work and overtime,
(iv) vacations with pay,
(v) industrial and labour standards,
(vi) employment of children,
(vii) shop closing,
(viii) equal pay for equal work,
(ix) fair employment practices,
(x) notice of termination of employment,
(xi) weekly rest,
(xii) payment of workers' wages in cash within a specified time,
(xiii) special conditions for women workers,
(xiv) registration of trade unions,
(xv) the right of employees to organize,
(xvi) conciliation and mediation of industrial disputes,
(xvii) the establishment of measures to foster safe, healthy and reasonably comfortable working conditions,
(xviii) the provision of hygiene and medical services to workers,
(xix) the protection of the health of workers from over-exposure to radiation,
(xx) the protection of the health and safety of workers in mines,
(xxi) occupational health and safety research,
(xxii) the certification of pressure welders and power engineers,
(xxiii) the safe use of electricity,
(xxiv) the accessibility by physically disabled people to buildings,
(xxv) the safe operation of amusement rides,
(xxvi) the survey of designs and specifications of pressure plants and piping and inspection of them,
(xxvii) inspection of elevators and hoists and aerial tramways,
(xxviii) workers' compensation,
(xxix) employment monitoring, placement and mobility services,
(xxx) the monitoring of immigration programs and policies,
(xxxi) special programs and projects for individuals who are without employment and approved affirmative action programs,
(xxxii) labour market adjustment services resulting from disruptions in the labour force,
(xxxiii) in consultation with the Minister of Education
(A) the development and utilization of human resources,
(B) the forecasting of work force needs,
(C) the continuous survey of employment opportunities throughout the province to the end that the provincial labour force is employed to the fullest extent, and
(D) recommending and advising upon training courses for the work force and those entering it, and
(xxxiv) the administration, subject to the Public Service Rearrangements and Transfers of Duties Act, of the Acts set out in the Schedule and of all orders and regulations made under those Acts and of those other Acts, orders and regulations that are designated by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council,
which are not by law or by order of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council assigned to another minister or department of government;
(c) the undertaking, promotion or recommendation of measures for the development, control and direction of matters referred to in paragraph (a);
(d) the collection, compilation, analyzing and recording of statistical and other information relating to the matters referred to in paragraph (a);
(e) the preparation and publication of statistics, reports, records, bulletins, pamphlets, circulars and other means of disseminating information in relation to the matters referred to in paragraph (a);
(f) the study of, reporting on and advising upon the administration of the matters referred to in paragraph (a);
(g) the consideration of and reporting upon a recommendation for a change in the laws of the province relating to the matters referred to in paragraph (a) that is presented or made by an organization or person;
(h) the making of inquiries into and reports upon legislation respecting matters referred to in paragraph (a) in force in Canada and throughout the world and, on the basis of inquiries and reports, making those recommendations that may be considered advisable with regard to the laws of the province;
(i) the doing of other things or the exercise of other powers that are necessary or desirable for carrying out the purpose of this Act; and
(j) the exercise and discharge of other powers, functions and duties that the Lieutenant-Governor in Council assigns to the minister.