Changes in payroll laws and regulations from across Canad
Alberta
Reminder: Minimum wage rates going up
The general minimum wage rate in Alberta will rise from $11.20 an hour to $12.20 on Oct. 1.
The rate will now apply to liquor servers since the government is eliminating a separate minimum wage rate for them on Oct. 1.
Other minimum wage rates are also going up at the beginning of October. The rate for certain salespersons specified in provincial regulations will rise from $446.00 per week to $486.00. The rate for domestic employees who live in their employer’s residence will increase from $2,127 per month to $2,316.
Labour Minister Christina Gray says the government will keep an election promise to raise the general minimum wage rate to $15 an hour by 2018. To achieve this, she says the government will increase the rate to $13.60 on Oct. 1, 2017, and to $15 on Oct. 1, 2018. The rates that apply for salespersons and domestic employees will increase by equivalent amounts.
