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BC announces raises for liquor servers, farm workers, and caretakers

Employees who earn an alternate minimum wage will soon see a pay raise.

Minister of Labour, Harry Bains, announced today that workers in B.C., including liquor servers, resident caretakers and live-in camp leaders, will all see wage increases by June 1, 2018.

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"No one working for minimum wage, full-time, year-round should be living in poverty," said Bains. "Workers deserve a minimum level of protection so that, regardless of a person's job description, they don't earn a wage that is distinctly less than the general minimum wage."

Farm workers paid by piece rate will also see an increase, but it will be later on. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham said government is extending the transition period for changes to farm worker piece rates to January 2019, from June 2018, in order to “better balance the needs of workers and the agriculture industry.”

The minimum wage for liquor servers currently stands at $10.10 per hour. Under the wage increase, liquor servers will see incremental increases on June 1 of each year until the general minimum wage of $15.20 per hour is reached in 2021.

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Resident caretakers will see an 11.5% increase June 2018, followed by increases of 9.5%, 5.4% and 4.1% in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Live-in camp leader wages will have the same increase until they reach $121.65 per day in 2021.

The alternative minimum wage for live-in home support workers will be completely abolished, as it covers very few or no workers in the province.

The wage changes are a result of the independent Fair Wages Commision, established in October 2017.



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