Alberta Minimum Wage

2018 Alberta Minimum Wage Increases October 1st

It’s been a year of big changes for Alberta employers, but it’s finally time to get back to business as usual. Close on the heels of massive revisions to the province’s employment standards and occupational health and safety rules, the Alberta minimum wage will come to a final scheduled increase on October 1, 2018. To assist Read more

Several Canadian provinces will increase their minimum wage rates this fall including Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Saskatchewan. The minimum wage rate increases are based on annual changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The CPI is used as an indicator of the change in the cost of living. The minimum wage rate increases taking Read more

This fall, most of Alberta’s minimum wage workers will enjoy a raise in their hourly earnings. Effective September 1, 2013, the general minimum wage will rise from the current rate of $9.75 per hour to $9.95 per hour. The minimum wage for salespersons will increase from $389 per week to $397 per week. Each year, Read more

Starting this fall, Alberta will no longer have the lowest minimum wage rate in the country.  That’s because Albertans who make minimum wage will get a 35-cent raise — bringing their total hourly rate up to $9.75. The new rate will go into effect on September 1st.  In fact, minimum wage workers in Alberta can Read more