Tuesday, May 30, 2017
![Ontario to Increase Minimum Wage to $15 an hour by 2019 Ontario to Increase Minimum Wage to $15 an hour by 2019](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtJaG3ez3kYJXeIXUsgjG2Htn-AxCfAjl5uo33G7DA_Z7CJmMg6g1is7CHES2cocifZYq__Yv-9713i_4afA-nGk868O_pcAojSShIGXmDTUMwssvPyJpUGE0vmc1rWG8KLulCbaulok/s1600/minimumwagegoingup.jpg)
Ten per cent of Ontario workers currently make the minimum wage, Wynne said, and 30 per cent make less than $15 an hour.
The minimum wage increase will be phased-in gradually. It will rise with inflation, as scheduled, from $11.40 currently to $11.60 in October. Then, the government plans to bump it up to $14 an hour on Jan. 1, 2018 and $15 the following year.
Premier also announces part time workers will receive equal pay for equal work.
Province will also increase minimum vacation entitlements to at least 3 weeks paid vacation a year.
Premier says more workers will have the right to take up to 10 days of personal emergency leave a year, 2 paid.
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