What is the Minimum Wage in Yukon?

Yukon's minimum wage is $9.00 per hour. A total of 12 Canadian provinces or territories have a minimum wage rate higher then Yukon.

A full time hourly worker in Yukon earning minimum wage will earn a total of $360.00 per week and approximately $18,720.00 per year (based on an 8-hour work day and a 260-day work year). Remember that, with tax deductions, the actual amount earned will likely be lower.

Yukon Minimum Wage & Labor Law

The Yukon Territory's Minimum Wage is applicable to all employees, with no exceptions for age or experience. The Yukon minimum wage is adjusted yearly on April 1st based on a cost-of-living index for the previous year (the Consumer Price Index for Whitehorse). As of 2012, the Yukon minimum wage is the lowest minimum wage in all of Canada.

Yukon employees who earn commission or tips, or are paid by the piece, are guaranteed to earn at least the minimum wage in any given hour. If the tips, commissions, or piece-pay the employee receives in any given hour do not equal at least the Yukon regular minimum wage, then the employer must make up the difference.

Yukon overtime law entitles any employee who works over eight (8) hours in any given day or fourty (40) hours in a single week to be paid a time-and-a-half overtime wage (one and a half times their normal hourly wage) for each hour worked over the overtime limit. Some employees, such as farm workers and security guards, are exempt from the Yukon overtime regulations.

The Yukon minimum wage law also specifies that employers may deduct no more then $5.00 per day from an employee's paycheck to cover provided room and board expenses, and they must have a written agreement with the employee in order to do so.

What is the Minimum Wage?

The Yukon Minimum Wage is the lowest hourly wage employers in Yukon can legally pay their employees. The minimum wage is set by the Yukon government and is periodically updated to reflect the current cost of living and ensure that all workers are paid a fair living wage.

What if my employer is paying me less then the Minimum Wage?

Unless your job is covered by one of Yukon's legal exemptions to the minimum wage described above, your employer is legally required to pay you at least the hourly minimum wage of $9.00 per hour. If you believe your employer is illegally paying you less then the Yukon minimum wage, contact the Yukon Department of Labor immediately and they will advocate on your behalf.

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