Acts and Regulations

2019-2 - Minimum Wage

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Minimum wage
6(1)The minimum wage is fixed at $11.50 per hour.
6(2)The minimum wage shall be adjusted on April 1, 2020, and on April 1 of each succeeding year by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index between the calendar year immediately before the date of adjustment and the calendar year two years before the date of adjustment.
6(3)If the adjustment calculated under subsection (2) is not a multiple of five cents, it shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of five cents or, if it is equidistant between two consecutive multiples, to the higher multiple.
6(4)If an adjustment otherwise required by this section would result in a decrease in the minimum wage, no adjustment shall be made.
6(5)Each year within 30 days of the release of the Consumer Price Index for December, the Minister shall publish in The Royal Gazette notice of the minimum wage that is to apply on and after April 1 of the current year.
Minimum wage
6(1)The minimum wage is fixed at $11.50 per hour.
6(2)The minimum wage shall be adjusted on April 1, 2020, and on April 1 of each succeeding year by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index between the calendar year immediately before the date of adjustment and the calendar year two years before the date of adjustment.
6(3)If the adjustment calculated under subsection (2) is not a multiple of five cents, it shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of five cents or, if it is equidistant between two consecutive multiples, to the higher multiple.
6(4)If an adjustment otherwise required by this section would result in a decrease in the minimum wage, no adjustment shall be made.
6(5)Each year within 30 days of the release of the Consumer Price Index for December, the Minister shall publish in The Royal Gazette notice of the minimum wage that is to apply on and after April 1 of the current year.