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A pair of Huron County businesses have been certified as living wage employers.
The living wage in Huron and Perth counties is now $20.70 an hour, according to the United Way Perth-Huron’s (UWPH) Social Research & Planning Council (SRPC).
Meeting Place Organic Farm in Lucknow is the latest Huron business to certify as a living wage employer.
Operator Katrina McQuail says, “Sustainability is important to me and to the farm operation, and that means on all levels, not just environmental.”
Blyth’s Fortress Fencing was also certified by the United Way as an employer paying a living wage.
The Perth-Huron living wage was calculated using local data and considered the living expenses of a weighted average of family types including: a family of four; a single mother supporting a seven-year-old child; and a single adult, once government transfers and deductions were taken into account.
The $20.70 hourly living wage is up considerably from the $17.95 hourly rate from one year ago, and much higher than the provincial minimum wage of $15.50.