Two-tiered minimum wage will squeeze more from workers
Posted by walker on January 17th, 2012
Currently New Brunswick is debating the notion of a two-tiered minimum wage wherein workers earning tips will receive a lower hourly rate of pay than other workers. The NB Media Co-op interviewed Jason Edwards, a Halifax-based researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, on his analysis of minimum wages in Canada, what stimulates their growth/reduction and the function they perform.