MINIMUM WAGE GOES UP TOMORROW

Saskatchewan’s minimum wage will increase by 40 cents an hour March 1, 2007. 

The increase moves the provincial minimum wage from $7.55 an hour to $7.95 an hour and is the third and final stage of a three-stage increase announced in June 2005. 

“As our economy grows and prospers, it is important that all Saskatchewan residents benefit,” Labour Minister David Forbes said.  “This increase to the minimum wage helps minimum wage earners build better futures by providing them a greater share in the growing economy they have helped to build.”

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For more information, contact:

Nadine Sisk
Labour
Regina
Phone: 306-787-4156
Email: nsisk@lab.gov.sk.ca
Cell: 306-535-1930