- Server at a Keg locationAs businesses grapple with increases to minimum wage, some have cut employee hours, reduced benefits or found other ways to offset increased costs. In a hidden microphone investigation, Marketplace visited seven randomly selected restaurant chains that had raised servers' tip out percentages since Ontario's minimum wage went from $11.60 to $14 on January 1. If 10 tables each spend $100, the server's tip out could be between $20 and $50. Servers 'aren't happy'Ontario and Alberta will both have a $15 minimum wage by this time next year, and in several other provinces the minimum wage increases each year on a certain date. Ontario and Alberta will both have a $15 minimum wage by this time next year, and in several other provinces the minimum wage goes up annually.
Source: CBC News February 03, 2018 09:00 UTC