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Friday, February 10, 2012

Home Support Workers Being Paid Accordingly

Spokesperson for provincial senior services Judy Cole says recent job advertisements for home support workers are not paying below a provincial mandate.

She tells CHSJ News while home support jobs have to pay a minimum of $11 dollars an hour, there is a 6 month probationary period that pays less.

Most jobs are advertised for $9.50 to $10.50 an hour.

She says the pay should jump to 11 dollars an hour after 6 months and workers should be paid retroactively to October 1st of 2011.

She says there have not been any recent cases of workers getting shortchanged.