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Minimum wage laws protect all employees, whether or not they receive tips. Employees are entitled to earn the full minimum wage per hour as set by federal or state law. Currently, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. The minimum wage in South Dakota is $8.50 (as of January 1, 2015). Employees in South Dakota are entitled to the higher rate of $8.50 an hour. State laws differ as to whether the employer must pay the full minimum wage itself or may count an employeeâs tips toward its minimum wage obligation.
Starting Thursday, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are raising the minimum wage employers must pay their workers. The new minimum wage in Alberta will be $11.20 per hour, up from $10.20, while the liquor server wage goes to $10.70 per hour from $9.20. The NDP government says it's a first step toward a $15 minimum wage by 2018. In Saskatchewan, minimum wage is going up by 30 cents to $10.50 an hour. Manitoba is also increasing its minimum wage by 30 cents to $11 an hour. Alberta Wildrose jobs critic Grant Hunter criticized the wage hike, saying it will hurt business owners at a time when the economy is not doing well.