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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
    • Province's minimum wage going up on June 1

    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.

    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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