Minimum Wage - Act Part 3, Section 16.1

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Contents:

Summary
Text of Legislation
Policy Interpretation
Related Information

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Summary

This section sets out the minimum wage that employers must pay their employees.

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Text of Legislation

16.1. (1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 16.2, the minimum wage is $16.75 per hour.

(2) Subject to section 16.2, the minimum wage for a prescribed class of employees is the amount specified in, or calculated in accordance with, the regulations.

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Policy Interpretation

Employees covered by a collective agreement

Section 3 provides that parties to a collective agreement may not negotiate terms and conditions that do not meet or exceed the standards set out in section 16.1. Where there is a collective agreement, the enforcement of matters relating to section 16.1 is through the grievance procedure, not through the enforcement provisions of the Act.

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Related Information

Related sections of the Act or Regulation

ESA

• s.1, Definition “pay period”
• s.16, Employers required to pay minimum wage
• s.16.2, Annual adjustment of minimum wage
• s.17, Paydays
• s.3, Scope of the Act
• s.66, Director may determine employment has been terminated

ESR

• s.16, Minimum daily wage
• s.17, Minimum wage – resident caretakers
• s.18, Minimum wage - farm workers
• s.37.14, Commission sales

Other

Commission Sales