7 results for tag: Canada
Quebec Minimum Wage Will Go Up On May 1
By Thomas MacDonald
April 15, 2020
Minimum wage earners are about to get a little boost. In a press release Wednesday morning, the Minister of Labour, Employment, and Social Solidarity, Jean Boulet, confirmed that the Quebec minimum wage is still set to increase by 60 cents on May 1, for a total of $13.10/hour. Boulet hopes the announcement will "help mobilize workers, especially in the current context."
He first announced the increase on December 18, 2019.
"Our government is proud to be keeping its commitment to increase the minimum wage," he said Wednesday.
"This is a concrete step toward Québec's economic recovery."
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Ontario Minimum Wage Is Rising This Fall for the First Time in Two Years
By Karen Doradea
April 1, 2020
It can be hard to make a consistent living on minimum wage earnings at the best of times. But there is some sort of improvement coming, even if it's pretty small. The provincial government is raising the Ontario minimum wage on October 1 for the first time since January 2018.
On October 1, 2020, the minimum amount a worker has to be paid is rising by 25 cents per hour, per the government's website.
That will be the first increase in nearly two years, and will roughly represent a $2-per-day climb in earnings for provincial minimum- and student-wage earners.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Labour, ...
Nunavut Increases Minimum Wage
By Marie-Pier Leduc
On March 12, 2020, the Government of Nunavut (GN) announced that it would be raising the minimum wage mandated by section 12(1.1.) of the Labour Standards Act from $13.00 per hour to $16.00 per hour, effective April 1, 2020.
The wage increase follows a minimum wage survey conducted in September and October 2019 by the GN. The GN stated that it hoped that the $3.00 increase would assist residents of Nunavut in meeting obstacles associated with living in the territory with the highest cost of living in the country.
With this increase, Nunavut becomes the jurisdiction with the highest minimum wage in Canada.
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New Brunswick’s minimum wage to increase in April
By Aya Al-Hakim
February 19, 2020
The provincial government has announced Wednesday that the minimum wage will increase to $11.70 per hour on April 1, from the current rate of $11.50 per hour.
“Our government is committed to energizing the private sector and creating the environment that our businesses need to succeed,” said Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister Trevor Holder.
“We have established predictable minimum wage increases to benefit both employers and employees. This allows New Brunswick businesses to be better prepared for increases when they occur.”
The minimum wage rate is indexed to New Brunswick...
Minimum wage to rise to at least $12.65 through 4 increases beginning in April
By CBS News
February 21, 2020
Minimum wage for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians is slated to increase on April 1, and three more times after that until October 2021.
The provincial government announced four increases to minimum wage on Friday, set to come into effect between April 1, 2020, and Oct. 1, 2021.
Two of those increases are scheduled to fall in line with national consumer price index, or inflation, while two others aren't explained in government's Friday news release.
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