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Minimum Wage Order (Board and Lodging)

Published date: June 6, 2024
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What is a minimum wage order?

The Minimum Wage Order sets wage rates. A wage rate is the amount of money an employer pays an employee for each hour of work. The Minimum Wage Order sets the minimum wage rate, which is the least amount of money an employer must pay an employee for each hour of work. The order also sets employment standards for the cost of board, lodging and meals.

Minimum Wage Order: The minimum rate of wages for all employees shall be:

1 April 2026 $17.00 per hour
1 October 2025 $16.50 per hour
1 October 2024 $16.00 per hour
1 April 2024 $15.40 per hour
1 October 2023 $15.00 per hour
1 January 2023 $14.50 per hour

Board and Lodging

2(1) Effective 1 April 2021, the maximum amounts that may be deducted from the wages of an employee where the employer furnishes board and lodging are as follows:

Board and Lodging $61.60 per week
Board Only $49.50 per week
Lodging Only $27.50 per week
Single Meals $4.25 per meal

No charge is to be made for a meal not received by an employee. In no case shall the employee's pay, after board and lodging deductions, be a lesser amount than the minimum rate less the price shown in this Order.

These regulations come into force upon approval by Executive Council.

2019 Employment Standards Board Minimum Wage Review Report

2020 Employment Standards Board Minimum Wage Review Report

2021 Employment Standards Board Minimum Wage Review Report

2022 Employment Standards Board Minimum Wage Review Report

2023 Employment Standards Board Minimum Wage Review Report

2024 Employment Standards Board Minimum Wage Review Report 

 

Who can I contact for more information?

 

Sherwood Business Centre

161 St. Peters Road, 2nd Floor 

PO Box 2000

Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8

Telephone: (902) 368-5550

Toll Free: 1-800-333-4362

Fax: (902) 368-5476

General Inquiries

Labour and Industrial Relations

2nd Floor Sherwood Business Centre

161 St. Peters Road, Suite 230

Charlottetown, PE C1A 5P7

Phone: 902-368-5550

Toll-free: 1-800-333-4362

Fax: 902-368-5476