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ONTARIO
IION. H. L. ROWNTREE, Q.C.
SPECIAL GROUPS
The General Minimum Wage Order does not apply
to: Registered apprentices; camp counsellors or
students employed in certain recreational programs;
apartment house janitors who live in; real estate and
insurance salesmen and salesmen who determine
their own hours; professional persons and teachers;
domestic servants; farm labourers,
Special rates (800 in Zone 1 and 750 in Zone 2)
apply in the following cases: A student who does
not work more than 28 hours a week; a seasonal
worker processing perishable fruits and vegetables
who does not work more than 16 weeks in a year.*
Special rates (600 in Zone 1 and 500 in Zone 2)
apply in the following cases: Delivery boys, mes-
sengers, newsvendors, pinsetters, caddies who are
under 18 years of age.*
',In both special rates categories, the Zone 1 rates will apply in
Zone 2 on December 27, 1965.
EMPLOYERS NOT'S
Where employees are being paid on a piece-work
basis, if at least four-fifths of them are earning at
least the minimum wage, you will be considered as
complying with the Orders.
Learner Rates are as follows: Where employees are
On a piece-Work basis, learners may be paid 200
less than the prescribed minimum rate for the first
three months of employment, and 100 less for the
second three months. Ili ail other cases, learners
may be paid 100 less than the prescribed minimum
for first four months of employment. The Hotel and
Restaurant Order establishes a special learner rate
100 lower than the prescribed minimum rate for the
first month of employment.
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MS PRESENT MINIMUM
WAGE ZONE SOUNDASEIS
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ZONE 1
General and Hotel and
June 29, 1964
Sept. 28, 1964
Dec. 28, 1964
March 29, 1965
Ileslaurnt Order
Men Women •
$1.00 $ .85
.90
.95
1,00
Construction Work Order
June 29, 1964 $1.25
ZONE 2
General and Hotel and Restaurant Order
Men Women
June 29, 1964 $ .85 $.80
Dec. 28, 1964 .90 .90
December 27, 1965 1.00 1.00
Construction Work Order
June 29, 1964 $1,15
December 27, 1965 1.25
PROVINCE OF OPPORTUNITY
Exte
Minimum Wage
d Throughout Ontari
Last year, Minimum Wage legislation was introduced .carefully to establish exactly how this vital nd
in the Toronto-Hamilton-0$11awa industrial area. progressive piece of legislation will benefit you.
It proved highly successful, and as a result, I am
pleased to announce an early extension of it
throughout the entire Province beginning on rune 29.
I ask you now to read the following .highlights
Minisiei• (If Labour
Reduced to it's simplest terms, the new Minimum Wage
Orders, implemented and enforced by your Ontario
Department of Labour, are designed to protect every
working man and woman.in the Province from exploita-
tion, and set a minimum wage of $1.00 an hour ($1.25 in
the construction industry),
The Orders, now in effect in the Toronto-Hamilton-
Oshawa "horseshoe", will be extended throughout the
entire Province on June 29. However, so that employers
have sufficient time to adjust to and absorb the
,higher rates, the Orders must be carried out in stages,
Briefly, here's how your Ontario Department of
Labour plans to go about it. The Province will be di-
vided into two Zones. Zone 1 takes in the more heavily
populated and industrialized areas and centres. In this
Zone, the $1.00 Minimum Wage will be achieved not
later than. March of next year. In. Zone 2, covering the
remainder of the. Province, the wage will be 1Thieved by
December of next year.
In the Construction Industry, the Minimum Wage of
$1.25 an hour will be reached in the same manner in
both Zones.
The map and salary boxes on this page show the two
zones, and the salary increases scheduled in both.
Your Ontario Department of Labour stresses the fact that these are just the highlights of the new Minimum Wage Orders, To find out exactly what the Orders mean to you,
*We write:' THE LABOUR STANDARDS BRANCH, THE ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR, 74 VICTORIA STREET, TORONTO 1, ONTARIO,
or telephone 365-5251
ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF 1.,,ABOUR
Where programs are plann5x1 for pee*