WORKERS WHO GIVE SERVICES TO VULNERABLE RESIDENTS WILL RECEIVE A TOP-UP TO THEIR WAGES.
The provincial government is suggesting a $3 per hour wage top-up for workers who work in vulnerable settings and receiving less than $18 per hour.
The Emergency Essential Work Wage Top-Up started on January 15 after the province moved to Level 3 of the Covid-19 winter plan.
“We highly value the important contribution of these workers, particularly since the beginning of the pandemic,” said Social Development Minister Bruce Fitch in a release.
“We are implementing this emergency wage top-up to support them, particularly during this challenging time,” continued Fitch.
The eligible are:
- Home support workers who work direct in-person care to seniors, adults, and children;
- Workers employed in group homes, community residences, special care homes, homeless shelters, and transition houses;
- Workers who work for Domestic violence intervention;
- Workers who work for Food bank and soup kitchen.
It is predicted more than 8,000 workers could benefit from the program.
A similar initiative was put in place during the first months of the pandemic in 2020.
The Department of Social Development will work with partner agencies to assist them in implementing the program.
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