Advanced Education, Skills and Labour
February 20, 2017
Public Advisory: Provincial Consultations on Indexing Minimum Wage Continue
Public consultations to help establish a clear and consistent method of determining future increases to the minimum wage are ongoing this week, with today�s sessions in Grand Falls-Windsor taking place from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at College of the North Atlantic, 5 Cromer Avenue.
The schedule for remaining in-person consultation sessions this week are as follows:
| Date | Location | Venue | Time |
| February 21 | Clarenville | College of the North Atlantic 69 Pleasant Street | 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. |
| February 23 | St. John�s | College of the North Atlantic 1 Prince Philip Drive | 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. |
| February 24 | Corner Brook | College of the North Atlantic 141 O�Connell Drive | 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. |
Public consultation sessions in Happy Valley-Goose Bay have been postponed until a later date, to be announced.
To register to attend and/or present in a session, please visit www.aesl.gov.nl.ca/minimumwage.
For individuals unable to attend in-person, submissions can be made online or by mailing:
Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour
Labour Standards Division
Attention: Minimum Wage Consultation
St. John�s, NL A1B 4J6
Online and written submissions will be accepted until March 31, 2017. For more information, please email MinimumWage@gov.nl.ca or call 709-729-2742 or toll free at 1-877-563-1063.
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Media contact:
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John Tompkins Director of Communications Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour 709-729-1795, 730-4435 jtompkins@gov.nl.ca |
2017 02 20 1:15 p.m.