British Columbia increases minimum wage
Christy Clark, the premier of British Columbia, announced an end to the province's decade-long wage freeze earlier this year. Minimum wage was raised from $8 to $8.75 in May, and on November 1, it rose again to $9.50. In May of next year, another increase will be introduced, bringing minimum wage in the province to $10.25 - one of the highest in the nation.
Critics of the action have expressed concern about the effect the change to time and attendance legislation will have on the province's businesses.
"This increase in both wages and payroll tax remittances is quite onerous on an employer who now finds they must pay more money to the government in order to employ anyone," The Daily News notes.
Shachi Kurl, the B.C. director of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, elaborated on this idea.
"There is only one pot of money from these businesses to draw from and this hike will have an impact," she told the Victoria Times Colonist.
Critics of the action have expressed concern about the effect the change to time and attendance legislation will have on the province's businesses.
"This increase in both wages and payroll tax remittances is quite onerous on an employer who now finds they must pay more money to the government in order to employ anyone," The Daily News notes.
Shachi Kurl, the B.C. director of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, elaborated on this idea.
"There is only one pot of money from these businesses to draw from and this hike will have an impact," she told the Victoria Times Colonist.
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