Wage Support Program Announced on Heels of Minimum Wage Increase

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Wage Support Program Announced on Heels of Minimum Wage Increase

The province has set aside $2-million to help some 600 small and medium sized businesses cope with increasing costs. The new wage support program will be administered by the St. John’s Board of Trade and the NL Employers’ Council. It comes on the heels of an increase to the minimum wage earlier this month, bringing it to $15.60 an hour. Businesses with fewer than 100 employees, and who had more than one employee making minimum wage between April…