On May 1, 2012, minimum wage increased to $10.25 per hour for most workers. The liquor server minimum wage increased to $9.00. These increases are the last of three scheduled increases to minimum wage.
On May 1, 2011, minimum wage was increased to $8.75 per hour for most workers, and the training wage was repealed.
On November 1, 2011 the minimum wage rate increased to $9.50.
On May 1, 2011 a separate minimum wage of $8.50 came into effect for employees who serve liquor. This rate increased to $8.75 on November 1, 2011.
Workers who are subject to alternate minimum wage provisions in the Employment Standards Regulation received corresponding increases on a percentage basis.
Piece rates for hand harvesting certain crops were also adjusted as a percentage of the general minimum wage increase on May 1, 2011. Following an in-depth review, piece rates for hand harvesting certain crops remain at those rates.
To learn more about these changes and how they may affect you, please follow the links below to our updated Factsheets
Click here for the details on the minimum wage
Click here for the details on the minimum wage rate for liquor servers
Click here for the details on the minimum piece rates for farm workers |
