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Minimum wage

Minimum wage going up June 1 in B.C.

May 31, 2021 | 8:29 AM

VICTORIA — B.C.’s lowest paid workers are set to receive a raise tomorrow (June 1).

The minimum wage will rise to $15.20 an hour with the lower wage for liquor servers ending.

As of June 1, the minimum wage rates are increasing as follows:

* General minimum wage increases to $15.20 an hour from $14.60 an hour.

* Liquor server minimum wage of $13.95 an hour is being eliminated and replaced with the general minimum wage of $15.20 an hour.

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* Live-in camp leader minimum wage, per day, increases to $121.65 from $116.86; and 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.

Over the past four years, B.C.’s general minimum wage has increased from $11.35 to $15.20 per hour.