Pictured (from L to R): Dr. Miriam Klassen (Medical Officer of Health and CEO), Kathy Vassilakos (Board of Health Chair), Ryan Erb (United Way Perth-Huron Executive Director) and Dave Jewitt (Board of Health Vice-chair).
Huron Perth Public Health has been certified as a living wage employer in the two counties.
The health agency was certified by the United Way of Perth-Huron as paying $17.55 an hour.
Based on a 35-hour work week, the Perth-Huron living wage takes into account 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 are factored in.
The last time the living wage was calculated for Huron and Perth counties was 2019.
The County of Huron was certified as a living wage employer in 2019, along with Point Farms Market & Miniature Golf, north of Goderich.