TORONTO – Ontario has announced the province’s minimum wage will go up 25 cents to $11.25 per hour effective Oct. 1.
The increase is the result of recent changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 that tie minimum-wage increases to Ontario’s Consumer Price Index.
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The increase was recommended by a minimum wage advisory panel in its report released last year.
The primary sectors employing minimum wage earners are accommodation and food, retail trade, and agriculture.
The Liberal government enacted legislation last fall that tied minimum wage to inflation, so every year the new rate will be announced by April 1 to take effect that October.
Minimum Wage Breakdown (Oct. 1, 2015 to Sept. 30, 2016)
General Minimum Wage –> $11.00 per hour to $11.25
Students under 18 –> $10.30 per hour to $10.55
Liquor server –> $9.55 per hour to $9.80
Hunting and Fishing guides
(Rate for working less than five consecutive hours in a day) –> $55.00 to $56.30
(Rate for working five or more hours in a day whether or not the hours are consecutive) –> $110.00 to $112.60
Homeworkers (employees doing paid work in their own home for an employer) –> $12.10 per hour to $12.40
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