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===Minimum wage=== | ===Minimum wage=== | ||
Workers covered by BC’s employment standards law are entitled to a '''minimum wage'''. This is the lowest amount of money an employer can pay a worker. As of June 1, 2019, the general minimum wage in BC is $13.85 per hour. Special minimum wage rates apply for some jobs, such as liquor servers and farm workers who pick crops by hand. The rates change from time to time. | Workers covered by BC’s employment standards law are entitled to a '''minimum wage'''. This is the lowest amount of money an employer can pay a worker. As of June 1, 2019, the general minimum wage in BC is $13.85 per hour. Special minimum wage rates apply for some jobs, such as liquor servers and farm workers who pick crops by hand. The rates change from time to time. | ||
Both full-time and part-time workers have the right to minimum wage. | Both full-time and part-time workers have the right to minimum wage. | ||
See the People’s Law School website for more on [https://www.peopleslawschool.ca/everyday-legal-problems/work/getting-paid/earning-minimum-wage the minimum wage in BC]. | See the People’s Law School website for more on [https://www.peopleslawschool.ca/everyday-legal-problems/work/getting-paid/earning-minimum-wage the minimum wage in BC]. | ||
