by The adult minimum wage is now $16.50 per hour, which is up 75 cents from last year’s minimum rate. The starting out and training rates have also increased 40 cents to $13.20 per hour.
This is the new Government’s first step in progressively increasing the minimum wage to $20.00 per hour by 2020 (with the final increase to take effect in April 2021). We expect the minimum wage to increase by at least $1.00 per year in order to hit this target so be prepared for your wage costs (or your pay packet) to go up.
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