CORY REDEKOP
LANGLEY – On June 1, the minimum wage increases in BC from $17.40 to $17.85 per hour, a 2.6% increase. Businesses should prepare to ensure their wages meet this requirement on June 1. This increase is tied to the Consumer Price Index, which increases 2.6% over 2024.
BC’s minimum wage has increased 71% over the past 10 years, which has contributed to the soaring input costs facing businesses.
“It’s better to use a metric like the CPI to make these decisions more data driven, but these consistent, annual increases create financial challenges for small businesses, not just in the direct cost of minimum wage but due to the knock-on inflationary effect this has all along the wage scale,” says Cory Redekop, CEO of the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce. If the minimum wage increases at this same rate going forward, it will hit over $20 per hour in just 5 years time.
Minimum wage rates for residential caretakers, live-in home-support workers, camp leaders and app-based ride-hailing and delivery services workers will receive the same 2.6% increase on June 1. On Dec. 31, 2025, the minimum piece rates for 15 hand-harvested crops will also increase by the same percentage.
Cory Redekop is the CEO of the Langley Chamber
