Sixteen employers across British Columbia were recently certified as Living Wage Employers

This brings our total to 146 certified employers in BC, representing over 19,300 staff and contractors who are earning a decent wage in their communities. 

The District of Central Saanich has become certified as a Living Wage Employer, making it the first local government in the Capital Region to achieve certification.

The Living Wage for Families Campaign has certified eight more Living Wage Employers from across British Columbia.

More than 130 BC employers have now been certified as Living Wage Employers, representing more than 19,000 staff and contractors who are earning a decent wage in their communities. 

The City of Pitt Meadows has become the sixth local government in BC to certify as a Living Wage employer, certified by the Living Wage for Families Campaign. As a certified living wage employer, the City is committed to paying employees and employees of externally contracted service providers a living wage, as determined by the LWFC. 

PARC Retirement Living is the first retirement residence to certify as a Living Wage Employer in BC. PARC Retirement Living provides four independent retirement residences in the Lower Mainland. 

Through implementing a living wage the City of Vancouver has demonstrated that there is a role for employers in ending poverty.

President Les Doiron announced today that the Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ – Ucluelet First Nation has become the second First Nation in Canada to implement a living wage policy. Beginning today Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ Government hourly employees will be paid the current living wage rate for Ucluelet which is $20.11/hour. 

From all of us at the Living Wage for Families Campaign, thank you for all that you do to support the living wage in your communities.

The living wage is gaining momentum across BC. We’ve doubled the number of Living Wage Employers in the past two years. Look at what else you’ve helped us accomplish in 2016. Congratulations to you all!

"A living wage policy nudges up wages and benefits for the many contract employees in cleaning, parking, hospitality and food services."

On Wednesday, September 21, 2016 the Mayor and Council at the City of Vancouver unanimously committed to a plan to implement the living wage for all contracts and direct staff at the City of Vancouver, the Vancouver Public Library and the Vancouver Police Department.