Minimum wage workers in B.C. will see a 50-cent increase in their pay on Sept. 15.
Premier Christy Clark first announced a two-stage plan to raise the minimum wage last May. The first stage, last September, upped the rate to $10.85, based on a 10-cent inflation increase and an extra 30 cents that the province committed.
The second stage, coming this fall, will see minimum wage go up to $11.35 an hour 香蕉视频直播� 30 cents from the province and 20 cents based on inflation. Liquor servers will also see their pay go up by 50 cents to $10.10 an hour.
As of September, B.C. will have the fourth-highest minimum wage in Canada, behind Alberta, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
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She said concerns that raising the minimum wage will hurt small business are unfounded.
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