Living Wage
The Comox Valley Social Planning Society collaborates with Living Wage for Families http://www.livingwageforfamilies.ca to calculate the Living Wage for Families for the Comox Valley. The living wage is the amount that a family of four, two adults working full year, full time, needs to earn to meet their expenses. For 2024 the living wage for the Comox Valley is $24.36 per hour.
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This webinar was the kick-off of the PlanH Creating Healthy Public Policy speaker series. One of the main goals of the series is to reduce barriers to local and Indigenous governments implementing healthy public policies. This first webinar is about the City of Victoria’s experience of implementing a Living Wage. To be notified of the next 3 talks in the series you can subscribe to the PlanH newsletter. They are open to anyone interested in healthy public policy.
The accompanying PDF to the video can be found by clicking here