The Provincial Government is reminding employers the minimum wage will increase by 50 cents on October 1, 2020, bringing the minimum wage rate to $12.15 per hour.

This represents the second of a total of four increases to the minimum wage announced in February 2020.

There will be another increase on April 1, 2021 based on the National Consumer Price Index at that time in addition to an increase of 25 cents.

A fourth increase of 25 cents will occur on October 1, 2021.

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Ryan Crocker
Immigration, Skills and Labour
709-729-1795, 725-9595
ryancrocker@gov.nl.ca

BACKGROUNDER

 Information on the Report of the Independent Minimum Wage Committee

On October 16, 2019, the Minister of Advanced, Education, Skills and Labour announced the appointment of an Independent Minimum Wage Committee to solicit targeted stakeholder input and report to the minister with observations, findings and recommendations on the current adjustment process for setting the minimum wage and the wage rate. As part of consultations, an online questionnaire received 1,540 responses.

The report was received by the minister in January 2020. Members of the committee did not reach a consensus on recommendations to the minister. The report, its submissions and responses for the online survey were used to inform the Minister’s decision. A copy of the report can be found here.