BC Is Bumping Up Minimum Wage & Servers Will Finally Get The Same As Everyone Else
The province's lowest paid workers are getting a raise!
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Dec 20, 2021, 1:59 PM
Apr 09, 2021, 4:45 PM
As of June 1, 2021, the B.C. minimum wage will be increased to $15.20 per hour, up from $14.60.
Not only will that number be going up, but liquor servers will finally be getting the same amount as other minimum wage workers.
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Previously earning below everyone else, liquor servers used to get only $13.95 per hour as their minimum wage.
Another impacted sector is live-in camp leaders who will now get $121.65 per day instead of $116.86.
Finally, “resident caretaker minimum wage, per month, increases to $912.28, plus $36.56 per suite for those who manage nine to 60 residential suites and to $3,107.42 for 61 or more suites,” says the update.