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THE COLBORNE CHRONICLE, Thursday, May 7th, 1964 ONTARIO PROVINCE OF OPPORTUNITY Minimum Wage Extended Throughout Ontario Last year, Minimum Wage legislation was introduced in the Toronto-Hamilton-Oshawa industrial area. It proved highly successful, and as a result, I am pleased to announce an early extension of it throughout the entire Province beginning on June 29. I ask you now to read the following highlights Reduced to its simplest terms, the new Minimum Wage Orders, implemented and enforced by your Ontario Department of Labour, are designed to protect every working man and woman in the Province from exploitation, and set a minimum wage of $1.00 an hour ($ 1.25 in the construction industry). The Orders, now in effect in the Toronto-Hamilton-Oshawa "horseshoe", will be extended throughout the entire Province on June 29. However, so that employers will have sufficient time to adjust to and absorb the higher rates, the Orders must be carried out in stages. Briefly, here's how your Ontario Department of Labour plans to go about it. The Province will be divided into two Zones. Zone 1 takes in the more heavily populated and industrialized areas and centres. In this Zone, the $ 1.00 Minimum Wage will be achieved not carefully to establish exactly how this vital and progressive piece of legislation will benefit you. HON. H. L. ROWNTREE, Q.C. Minister of Labour later than March of next year. In Zone 2, covering the remainder of the Province, the wage will be achieved by December of next year. In the Construction Industry, the Minimum Wage of $1.25 an hour will be reached in the same manner in both Zones. The map and salary boxes on this page show the two zones, and the salary increases scheduled in both. ZONE 1 General and Hotel and Restaurant Order Men Women June 29, 1964 $1.00 $ .85 Sept. 28, 1964 .90 Dec. 28, 1964 .95 March 29, 1965 1.00 Construction Work Order June 29, 1964 $1.25 ZONE 2 General and Hotel and Restaurant Order June 29, 1964 $ .85 women $.80 Dec. 28, 1964 .90 .90 December 27, 1965 1.00 1.00 Construction Work Order June 29, 1964 $1.15 December 27, 1965 1.25 The General Minimum Wage Order does not apply to: Registered apprentices; camp counsellors or students employed in certain recreational programs; apartment house janitors who live in; real estate and insurance salesmen and salesmen who determine their own hours; professional persons and teachers; domestic servants; farm labourers. Special rates (800 in Zone 1 and 750 in Zone 2) apply in the following cases: A student who does not work more than 28 hours a week; a seasonal worker processing perishable fruits and vegetables SPECIAL GROUPS who does not work more than 16 weeks in a year.* Special rates (600 in Zone 1 and 500 in Zone 2) apply in the following cases: Delivery boys, messengers, newsvendors, pinsctters, caddies who are under 18 years of age.* I apply in EMPLOYERS NOTE Where employees are being paid on a piece-work ba*,is, if at least four-fifths of them are earning at least the minimum wage, you will be considered as complying with the Orders. Learner Rates are as follows: Where employees are on a piece-work basis, learners may be paid 200 less than the prescribed minimum rate for the first three months of employment, and 100 less for the second three months. In ail other cases, learners may be paid 100 less than the prescribed minimum for first four months of employment. The Hotel and Restaurant OrtJer establishes a special learner rate 100 lower than the prescribed minimum rate for the first month of employment. Your Ontario Department of Labour stresses the fact that these are just the highlights of the new Minimum Wage Orders. To find out exactly what the Orders mean to you, please write: THE LABOUR STANDARDS BRANCH, THE ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF I ABOUR, 74 VICTORIA STREET, TORONTO 1, ONTARIO, or telephone 365-5251 ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR Where programs are planned for people