15.3(1)For the purposes of this section, “employee” means
(a)
with respect to a full-time early learning and childcare centre or a part-time early learning and childcare centre, a staff member, other than an operator, who works directly with children and an administrator, and
(b)
with respect to an early learning and childcare home, an operator.
15.3(2)The Minister shall establish a schedule of wage rates for employees of designated facilities and shall review the schedule of wage rates at least once a year.
15.3(3)The Minister shall make the schedule of wage rates available to the public by posting the schedule on the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development website.
15.3(4)On or after November 1, 2022, an operator of a designated facility shall pay each employee at a wage rate not less than the applicable wage rate set out in the schedule.