Press Release
As announced earlier this year, Ontario raised the general minimum wage from $11 to $11.25 per hour effective today (Oct. 1).
The increase is a result of recent changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and a recommendation from the Minimum Wage Advisory Panel to tie the annual increase to Ontario’s Consumer Price Index.
Minimum wage rates for certain jobs and/or employees, such as liquor servers, homeworkers, and students, also increased.
“We have taken the politics out of increases to the minimum wage by tying raises to inflation,” said Labour minister Kevin Flynn.
“This helps some of the province’s most vulnerable workers cope with increases to their cost of living while providing predictability for businesses to plan for payroll changes,” he noted.
Minimum wage increases are announced by April 1 each year, and are effective on Oct. 1.
The process for minimum wage adjustments will be reviewed every five years.
