Minimum Wage

Nova Scotia’s minimum wage will rise to $15.00 an hour on October 1, 2023, being one of five provinces to increase the total. The increase comes six months earlier than initially scheduled by No...Learn More

Manitoba’s minimum wage is increasing to $15.30 on October 1, 2023 marking the second increase this year, and a significant increase over the past year from $11.95. RCC will have better clarity foll...Learn More

In 2022 the government of the Northwest Territories announced it was changing the way it calculated adjustments the territory’s minimum wage.  On September 1, 2023, the minimum wage in the...Learn More

The federal government has published its enforcement guidelines for the wage-fixing and no-poaching agreements which will become illegal on June 23, 2023. As of June 23, 2023, it is a criminal offense...Learn More

The Alberta NDP and the United Conservative Party have responded to RCC’s interview questions related to a number of top-priority issues for the province’s retail sector. You can find out where th...Learn More

On June 1, 2023, B.C.’s minimum wage will rise from $15.65 to $16.75 per hour, an increase of $1.10. The government has said that the increase reflects the average annual inflation rate for 2022. B....Learn More

The Ontario government announced on March 31, 2023, that the province’s general minimum wage will increase from $15.50/hr to $16.55/hr on October 1, 2023. RCC’s stance on the minimum wage has long...Learn More

The Manitoba government has announced that in addition to raising its minimum wage from $13.50 to $14.15 on April 1, 2023 on its planned pathway to $15 this October, it will now be raising the minimum...Learn More

Last Friday the Government of Alberta released its 2020 Minimum Wage Expert Panel report which was initiated as a historical review of the dramatic rise of the minimum wage between 2015 and 2018. The ...Learn More

On April 1, 2023, Yukon’s minimum wage will rise from $15.70 to $16.77 per hour, the territorial government confirmed on February 23, 2023. The Yukon government’s increase is based on the 2022 Con...Learn More