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In 2013, 50% of minimum wage workers were between the ages of 15 and 19; in 1997, it was 36%. 50.2% of workers in this age group were paid minimum wage in 2013, an increase from 31.5% in 1997. Statistics Canada notes that "youth, women and persons with a low level of education were the groups most likely to be paid at minimum wage."
In October 2021, the provincial general minimum wage increased ten cents to $14.35 per hour, and the student and server minimum increased to $13.50 and $12.55 respectively. Amid rising inflation and cost of living, critics dismissed the ten cent increase as being so little, that it was meaningless. Deena Ladd, executive director of the Workers ...
The Making Ontario Open for Business Act (Bill 47, 2018; French: Loi de 2018 pour un Ontario ouvert aux affaires) is a law in the province of Ontario that froze the minimum wage in the province and removing a number of protections of workers' rights. [1]
The Employment Standards Act, 2000 [1] (the Act) is an Act of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The Act regulates employment in the province of Ontario, including wages, maximum work hours, overtime, vacation, and leaves of absence. It differs from the Ontario Labour Relations Act, which regulates unionized labour in Ontario.
In March 2017, the Liberal government announced "free tuition" for families earning less than $50,000 by updating the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP). [117] Ontario's minimum wage increased $2.40 from $11.60 to $14 effective from January 1, 2018. Wynne also planned to increase the minimum wage to $15 the following year. [118]
Bill 47, Making Ontario Open for Business Act, retracted the planned 2019 increase to the minimum wage while tying future increases to a calculation of inflation, replaced a mandatory provision for all employees to be provided two paid sick days with unpaid leave days, eliminated mandatory pay-equity for part-time and casual workers, deleted ...
The Ontario Liberal ... public places and requiring students to stay in school ... in the lead up to the 2018 election by raising the minimum wage, introducing ...
This means that each province and territory has its own minimum wage. The lowest general minimum wage currently in force is that of the Saskatchewan ($11.45/hour), the highest is that of British Columbia ($15.20/hour). [136] Some provinces allow lower wages to be paid to liquor servers and other tip earners, and/or to inexperienced employees.