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B.C. minimum wage increases on June 1

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General minimum wage earners and liquor servers will have a 1.30 per hour raise as part of the new plan. Wages will rise every year on June 1st until 2021, where the minimum wage for most employees will be 15.20

Minimum wage workers are getting a raise on Friday, as part of the B.C. government's efforts to have a $15 an hour base line.

General minimum wage earners and liquor servers will have a $1.30 per hour raise as part of the new plan. Wages will rise every year on June 1st until 2021, where the minimum wage for most employees will be $15.20.

Most minimum wage earners will now be making $12.65 per hour, and liquor servers will be making $11.40 per hour.

Wages will rise every year on June 1st until 2021, where the minimum wage for most employees will be $15.20

Live-in camp leaders will be receiving a raise from making $90.80 per day to $101.24 for each day or part day worked.

Resident caretakers, who will now make $759.32 per month plus $30.43 for each suite for an apartment building containing 9 to 60 suites or $2,832.11 per month for an apartment building containing more than 60 suites.

Farm workers who pick hand harvested crops operate on a different raise schedule, and will not have an increase until Jan. 2019.