On April 5, 2023, Labour Minister Harry Bains introduced that the minimal wage shall be growing in B.C. from $15.65 to $16.75 on June 1, 2023.
The brand new minimal wage will enhance by 6.9%, which is predicated on B.C.’s common annual inflation charge in 2022.
The 6.9% enhance can even apply to wages for residential staff, live-in dwelling assist staff and camp leaders. As well as, piece charges for farm staff who hand-harvest 15 particular crops can even enhance by 6.9%, efficient January 1, 2024.
As soon as the minimal wage enhance takes impact on June 1, 2023, B.C. may have the second highest minimal wage in Canada, trailing solely Yukon, which has a minimal wage of $16.77.
The federal minimal wage charge for federally regulated staff additionally just lately elevated to $16.65 as of April 1, 2023. You will need to notice that for federally regulated employers who’ve staff which might be normally employed in B.C., they need to pay the upper of the federal or the provincial minimal wage charge. Due to this fact, federally regulated employers with staff in B.C. can proceed to pay their staff the federal minimal wage charge of $16.65 till June 1, 2023. Then, as of June 1, 2023, federally regulated employers should pay these staff the B.C. minimal wage charge of $16.75.
Please attain out to a member of Lawson Lundell’s Labour, Employment, and Human Rights Group for the newest recommendation on your workforce.
