The minimum wage for certain farm workers will increase in the new year.
Effective Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, the minimum piece work wages for workers who hand-harvest crops in B.C. will increase by 2.8 per cent.
The increase applies to 15 agricultural crops harvested by hand in B.C.:
- Apples – $21.65 a bin
- Apricots – $24.91 a half-bin
- Beans – $0.297 a pond / $0.655 a kg
- Blueberries – $0.502 a pond / $1.107 a kg
- Brussels sprouts – $0.207 a pound / $0.456 a kg
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