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B.C. – Minimum Wage Increase April 18 2025

B.C.'s minimum wage will increase 2.6% from $17.40 to $17.85 per hour on June 1.

Minimum wage rates for residential caretakers, live-in home-support workers, camp leaders and app-based ride-hailing and delivery services workers will receive the same 2.6% increase on June 1. On Dec. 31, 2025, the minimum piece rates for 15 hand-harvested crops will also increase by the same percentage.

Further, recent amendments also mean that student nurses and auxiliary or volunteer firefighters are no longer subject to the minimum wage specified in the ESA.

For any questions, please submit a ticket through our OnDemand portal.

Source: Government of British Columbia

B.C. - Minimum Wage Increase August 13 2024

B.C.'s minimum wage has increased to $17.40 an hour from $16.75 on June 1, 2024. The minimum piece rates for the hand-harvesting of the 15 crops specified in the Employment Standards Regulation will also increase by the same percentage on Dec. 31, 2024.

For any questions, please submit a ticket through our OnDemand portal.

Source: Government of British Columbia

B.C. Legislation for Paid COVID-19 Vaccination Leave Now in Force April 29 2021

Amendments to B.C.'s Employment Standards Act providing workers with up to three hours of paid leave to get each dose of their COVID-19 vaccine are now in effect, retroactive to April 19, 2021.

Both full-time and part-time employees can take up to three hours of paid leave.

For more information, please visit: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021LBR0019-000784

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