Ontario workers earning minimum wage will be bumped up to a wage of at least $16.55 per hour from the previous $15.50 per hour starting Oct. 1, regardless of whether they are full-time, part-time, or casual.
David Piccini, Ontario’s minister of labour, immigration, training and skills development, said in a news release issued Sept. 29 that the $1.05-per-hour raise, a 6.8 percent increase, came following passage of the government’s third Working for Workers Act, expanding on the earlier versions of the act in 2021 and 2022,
