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Sask. minimum wage set to rise Oct. 1

Sep 29, 2017 | 11:31 AM

Minimum wage earners will see a boost in pay starting Sunday.

Saskatchewan’s minimum wage is increasing from $10.72 to $10.92 per hour effective Oct. 1.

“An increase in the minimum wage, combined with a reduction in the personal income tax rate, puts more money into the wallets of minimum wage and low-income earners,” said Don Morgan, Labour Relations and Workplace Safety Minister, in a news release Friday.

The 2.2 per cent increase was announced in June and calculated based on a weighted average of the increases to the Consumer Price Index and the Average Hourly Wage for Saskatchewan.