Hundreds of thousands of workers will see more money in their paychecks starting next month due to minimum wage increases.

According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, recent minimum wage hikes forced 64 per cent of B.C. small businesses to raise wages for other non-minimum wage workers.

In keeping with inflation, B.C.’s minimum wage will jump 65 cents, or four per cent, on June 1, from $16.75 an hour to $17.40, the highest of all Canadian provinces.

The Washington State minimum wage increases annually on Jan. 1 rather than July 1; the state's minimum wage increased from $15.74 to $16.28 at the start of 2024. The federal minimum wage is not ...

Nova Scotia offers a minimum wage of $15.70 per hour, with an overtime threshold that is notably higher than many other ...

Germany is set to gradually raise its hourly minimum wage to 14.60 euros ($17.11) by 2027 from the current 12.82 euros under ...

B.C.’s current minimum wage is $17.40 per hour. The report found that nearly half a million workers — 37 per cent of all paid employees in Metro Vancouver — earn less than the living wage.

The British Columbia government will raise the provincial minimum wage by 20 cents an hour starting in September and will tie future increases to the rising cost of living. One lucky Tyee reader ...

The B.C. government has announced that the general minimum wage will increase by 2.5% on June 1, 2025, going from $17.40 to $17.85 per hour. This follows changes made in spring 2024 to the ...

After the wave of wage hikes, Washington became the state with the highest minimum wage, offering workers $15.74 per hour. Meanwhile, workers in Massachusetts and the New York City area saw their ...

If a province or territory’s minimum wage is higher than the federal minimum wage, for example British Columbia ($17.40 starting June 1, 2024) or Yukon ($17.59), ...