B.C. Government announced today that workers currently earning alternate wages will be getting a pay raise.
This includes liquor servers, resident caretakers, live-in camp leaders, and piece-rate farm workers.
The Government will be gradually getting rid of the liquor server wage by 2021, and slowly increasing the hourly minimum wage.
As of June 1st 2018, liquor servers, resident caretakers, and live-in camp leaders will see a increase in wage. By January 1st 2019, farm workers paid by piece rate will increase.
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According to a release put out by the B.C. government, Agriculture Minister Lana Popham said that the government is extending the transition period for changes to farm worker piece rates to January 2019, from June 2018, in order to better balance the needs and the agriculture industry.
The changes as go as follows:
- Liquor server – beginning June 2018, incremental increases until general minimum wage is reached, till $15.21 in June 2021.
- Piece-rate farm workers – beginning January 1st 2019, 11.5% increase to all piece rates. More information to come.
- Resident caretakers – beginning June 2018, 11.5% increase to wages. This will be followed by increases of 9.5%, 5.4%, and 4.1%, in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
- Liquor server – beginning June 2018, incremental increases until general minimum wage is reached, till $15.21 in June 2021.
- Live-in camp leaders – the same wage per cent increases as resident caretakers, until the camp leaders reach a wage of $121.65/day in 2021.
- Live-in home-support workers – the alternate minimum wage will be gone and instead replaced with the regular minimum wage, seeing as it covers very few workers.
These changes are due to advisement from the Fair Wage Commission.
“Workers deserve a minimum level of protection so that, regardless of a person’s job description, they don’t earn wage that is distinctly less than the general minimum wage,” stated Harry Bains, Minister of Labour.
