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A Family Living Wage for Manitoba 2016-17 Update /

28 Jun 2017

The living wage is a call to private and public sector employers to pay wages to both direct A LIVING WAGE IS: and contract employees sufficient to provide the basics to families with children. [...] EXPLAINING THE 2017 LIVING WAGE UPDATE The new, non-taxable Winnipeg Canada Child Benefit, which replaced the The current family living wage for Winnipeg is $14.54/hour — up 3.3 per cent from the old system of federal $14.07/hour found in the 2013 estimation. [...] Relative to the expenses in the 2013 report, the 2016 expenses for food, shelter, other, private health insurance and education increased more than the rate of inflation. [...] The living wage takes into account federal and provincial taxes and transfers, and changes in government policies (notably at the federal level) explain why the Winnipeg’s 2016 living wage increased 1.1 per cent points less than the overall rate of inflation despite the increase in expenses. [...] The difference is so significant that even though this benefit started in July and was avail- able for only six months of 2016, it boosts the family income enough to more than offset the increase in the cost of living in Winnipeg ($810.52/month).
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