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Raises coming for liquor servers

Workers who earn an alternate minimum wage, including liquor servers, piece-rate farm workers, resident caretakers and live-in camp leaders will soon see pay raises.
Based on recommendations from the Fair Wages Commission, the province is eliminating the liquor server wage by 2021.
They’ll do that by implementing incremental increases on June 1st of each year, beginning in June 2018, until the general minimum wage is reached, of at least 15.20 per hour, in 2021.
Ian Tostenson of the B.C. Restaurant and Food Services Association says the change forces business owners to make some tough decisions…..

Wages for the other worker groups affected by the announcement are as follows:

* Piece-rate farm workers – 11.5% increase to all piece rates on Jan. 1, 2019, with further study to take place.

* Resident caretakers – 11.5% increase June 2018, followed by increases of 9.5%, 5.4% and 4.1% in 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively (wages vary depending on building size).

* Live-in camp leaders – same per cent increases as resident caretakers, until they reach $121.65/per day, in 2021.

* Live-in home-support workers – abolishment of the alternate minimum wage for this group, as it covers very few or no workers. The general minimum wage will apply to any workers remaining in this category.

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