I saw an article in today's Metro newspaper that talks about how the minimum wage in Alberta has now risen to $9.40 per hour. So I thought I'd do some math on my calculator to see if people on AISH are recieving at least $9.40 per hour. The way I did the calculation is.. I pretended that a person on AISH could work for 40 hours per week. I divided $1188 by 4 so I could figure out what a person on AISH would recieve per week. Then I divided that amount by 40 to see how much they would be earning if they worked a regular full time 40 hour work week. Here is what I came up with.
$1188 / 4= $297 per week is what a person on AISH is currently getting.
$297/ 40= $7.40 per hour.
If AISH was considered a job- people on AISH would be earning $297 per week in gross income if they worked a 40 hour work week. They would be paid $7.40 per hour. This is $2.00 less then the new minimum wage in Alberta.
To view the article from the Metro paper please click here or copy and paste the link below into your address bar.
http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/local/article/957602--minimum-wage-increase-nothing
$1188 / 4= $297 per week is what a person on AISH is currently getting.
$297/ 40= $7.40 per hour.
If AISH was considered a job- people on AISH would be earning $297 per week in gross income if they worked a 40 hour work week. They would be paid $7.40 per hour. This is $2.00 less then the new minimum wage in Alberta.
To view the article from the Metro paper please click here or copy and paste the link below into your address bar.
http://www.metronews.ca/calgary/local/article/957602--minimum-wage-increase-nothing
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