Worksheet: Minimum Wage

Issued: March 2006
See also:

Minimum Wage

This Worksheet is provided for your information and convenience only. This is not a claim form. For information on filing a claim, call the Employment Standards Information Centre at 1-800-531-5551 or visit www.labour.gov.on.ca.

Use this worksheet to calculate the amount of pay your employer may owe you if you were paid less than minimum wage. Please copy and attach as many worksheets as you need to support your request.

Minimum wage is the lowest rate an employer can pay an employee. Most employees are entitled to be paid at least minimum wage.

Minimum Wage Rates
	February 1, 2005	February 1, 2006	February 1, 2007
General Minimum Wage	$7.45 per hour	$7.75 per hour	$8.00 per hour
Student Minimum Wage (Students under 18 working not more than 28 hours per week or working during a school holiday)	$6.95 per hour	$7.25 per hour	$7.50 per hour
Note: The minimum wage rate is different for liquor servers, homeworkers, and hunting and fishing guides.

For more information, call the Employment Standards Information Centre at 1-800-531-5551 or visit the Ministry of Labour website at www.labour.gov.on.ca to read the "Minimum Wage" fact sheet.

Calculating the Wages Owed (Part 1)
Date of pay period ^{[ 1 ]} (month/day/year) e.g. June 15, 2005	Minimum wage rate (view rates)	Wages earned Multiply: Hours worked by Minimum wage rate	Wages already paid	Wages Owed Subtract: Wages earned minus Wages already paid
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Subtotal of wages owed: Add: All wages owed				$
^{[ 1 ]} Minimum wage calculations are based on pay periods, which may be weekly, etc.. ^{[ 2 ]}Depending on the arrangement with your employer, you may be entitled to be paid for breaks. Eating periods do not have to be paid, unless the employer agreed that they would be paid. Breaks other than eating periods are taken into account in determining entitlement to the minimum wage and overtime pay IF you are required to remain at the place of employment during the break; otherwise, such breaks do not have to be paid unless the employer agreed that they would be paid.

Calculating the Wages Owed (Part 2)
Wages owed: (from above: Subtotal of wages owed	$
If you are no longer employed by the employer or if you receive vacation pay on each pay cheque, you may be owed vacation pay. Vacation pay owed (4%): Multiply: Subtotal wages owed times 0.04	$
TOTAL OWED: Add: Wages owed plus vacation pay owed	$

Example

An employee works Monday to Friday and is paid $250.00/week, and 4% vacation pay is paid on each pay cheque. The employee works 40 hours per week with one 30-minute lunch break (completely free from work) each day, therefore the total number of hours required to be paid at least the minimum wage are 37.5. The hours were worked in March of 2006.

37.5 hours×$7.75 per hour=$290.63, therefore the employee is owed $40.63 in unpaid wages.

If the employee worked a 42.5-hour week with a 30-minute lunch break each day, the employee is required to be paid for 40 hours at the rate of $7.75.

40 hours×$7.75 per hour=$310.00, therefore the employee is owed $60.00 in unpaid wages.

Sample Calculation based on Example Above

Calculating the Wages Owed (Part 1)
Date of pay period (month/day/year) e.g. June 15, 2004	Hours worked (excluding paid or unpaid eating periods and unpaid breaks)	Minimum wage rate (view rates)	Wages earned Multiply: Hours worked by Minimum wage rate	Wages already paid	Wages Owed Subtract: Wages earned minus Wages already paid
Start: March 6, 2006 End: March 12, 2006	37.5	$7.75	$299.63	$250.00	$40.63
Start: March 13, 2006 End: March 19, 2006	37.5	$7.75	$299.63	$250.00	$40.63
Start: March 20, 2005 End: March 26, 2006	40	$7.75	$310.00	$250.00	$60.00
Subtotal of wages owed: Add: All wages owed					$141.26

Calculating the Wages Owed (Part 2)
Wages owed: (from above: Subtotal of wages owed	$141.26
If you are no longer employed by the employer or if you receive vacation pay on each pay cheque, you may be owed vacation pay. Vacation pay owed (4%): Multiply: Subtotal wages owed times 0.04	$5.65
TOTAL OWED: Add: Wages owed plus vacation pay owed	$146.91