Minimum wage is the lowest wage rate an employer can pay an employee. Most employees are eligible for minimum wage, whether they are full-time, part-time, casual employees, or are paid an hourly rate, commission, piece rate, flat rate or salary. On March 31, 2010, the rates are going up. Here are the new rates: 
Minimum Wage Rates
| Minimum Wage Rate | March 31, 2009 Current wage rate |
March 31, 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| General Minimum Wage | $9.50 per hour |
$10.25 per hour |
| Student Minimum Wage | $8.90 per hour |
$9.60 per hour |
| Liquor Servers Minimum Wage | $8.25 per hour |
$8.90 per hour |
| Hunting and Fishing Guides Minimum Wage | $47.50 Rate for working less than five consecutive hours in a day$95.00 Rate for working five or more hours in a day whether or not the hours are consecutive |
$51.25$102.50 |
| Homeworkers Wage (110 per cent of the general minimum wage) |
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