The lowest paid workers in the province will soon receive more money in their salaries, as the minimum wage in British Columbia is rising again.
The minimum wage changed on Wednesday to a planned and pre-announced increase to $ 15.65 per hour.
The workers had previously made $ 15.20.
This is the highest minimum wage in any Canadian province, the NDP government said in a press release reminding workers of the increase.
And this is part of a five-year plan that began in 2018 to increase wages to and after over $ 15.
The increase is linked to annual inflation in BC, which was 2.8% last year, the labor ministry said on Tuesday.
An increase of 2.8 percent will also apply to living workers, such as camp counselors and home support workers, who earn minimum daily or monthly wages.
According to provincial data, approximately six percent of the British Columbia workforce earned or less the minimum wage last year. This represents about 136,300 people.
And about half of them are over 25 years old, and nearly 60 percent are women.
While the minimum wage in BC is the highest of all provinces, it is not the highest in the country.
Minimum wage workers in the Yukon earn $ 15.70 an hour, and in Nunavut they earn an hourly rate of $ 16.
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