BC's Minimum Wage Is Rising, but Farm Worker Pay Is Still Unresolved
The province will also finish phasing out the lower wage for liquor servers, which critics have called sexist since it is mainly paid to women. Under the policy, critiqued in The Tyee’s Slaves to Tips series, servers could legally be paid $1.25 less an hour than other workers. Both of those moves follow through on commitments the government made three years ago in response to recommendations from the government-appointed Fair Wages Commission. At that time, Bains also announced an initial increase to the piece rate amounts paid to farm workers but said the government would need another six ...
Source: thetyee.ca