On Wednesday Saskatchewan Labour Minister, David Forbes, announced the governments plan to increase minimum wage.\u00c2\u00a0 It will be increased over three intervals.\u00c2\u00a0 The first increase will increase the minimum wage from the current $7.95 to $8.25 on January 1st, 2008.\u00c2\u00a0 Then it will be increased again May 1, 2008 to $8.60 per hour.\u00c2\u00a0 Then the final increase will occur one year after that, May 1 2009, and set the minimum wage to $9.25 per hour.\u00c2\u00a0 Increasing the minimum wage can be helpful and harmful to business.\u00c2\u00a0 On one hand it might cause more people to look for jobs and might increase the amount of people willing to work.\u00c2\u00a0 On the other hand, doing business will cost more as more money will be spent on labour.\u00c2\u00a0 Right now with a booming economy, finding employees is hard to do and this wage increase might help out.\u00c2\u00a0 Could this be a pre election tactic by the NDP to gain votes?\u00c2\u00a0 Most probably, expect an election call soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Wednesday Saskatchewan Labour Minister, David Forbes, announced the governments plan to increase minimum wage.\u00c2\u00a0 It will be increased over three intervals.\u00c2\u00a0 The first increase will increase the minimum wage from the current $7.95 to $8.25 on January 1st, 2008.\u00c2\u00a0 Then it will be increased again May 1, 2008 to $8.60 per hour.\u00c2\u00a0 Then the … Continue reading Saskatchewan Minimum Wage Increasing<\/span>