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 Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
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, Read More
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 Read More
