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Province's minimum wage going up on June 1

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 29 May, 2023 12:35 PM

B-C's minimum wage will jump by one-dollar-and-10-cents per hour before the end of this week.

The boost to the general minimum wage will increase it to 16-dollars-and-75-cents per hour on June 1st -- up from the current rate of 15-dollars-and-65-cents.

The Ministry of Labour says the hike -- a 6.9 per cent increase -- also applies to resident caretakers, live-in home-support workers and live-in camp leaders.

A reminder that on June 1 the #minimumwage rises to $16.75/hour in #BC! For #workers finding it difficult to make ends meet, especially our lowest-paid workers, raising the minimum wage by 6.9% (the rate of inflation) is the right thing to do. Learn more: https://t.co/ZfdQaBMJai pic.twitter.com/J0nTjNVoku
— Harry Bains (@HarryBainsSN) May 29, 2023

Thursday's increase will move B-C ahead of the federal minimum wage by 10-cents per hour and the ministry statement says about 150-thousand B-C residents will be "positively affected."

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