Minimum Wage Survey Results Phase Medicine Hat & District Statistical Breakout Of the Alberta Chamber of Commerce s Dataset
General Information A total of 9 businesses from the Medicine Hat & District responded Most questions were not mandatory, and many allowed multiple selections, so charts will often not add up to 9. Some questions have custom entry boxes. I have included the entries from this when it is relevant and unique. However, in many cases it is not actually answering the question, or just repeating the answer(s) they selected in the multiple choice. These repetitions have not been included in the list.
Survey Respondents: "To what industry does your business belong?" Food and Beverage % Other (please specify) % Healthcare and Health Related Services % Non-profit % Technology % Agriculture and Food Processing Consumer Daycare / Childcare Education Financial Services Food and Beverage Healthcare and Health Related Services 8 Industrial Goods and Services Manufacturing Non-profit 7 Oil and Gas Other (please specify) Professional Services Retail Technology Tourism and Hospitality Transportation Financial Services % Transportation % Manufacturing % Professional Services % Retail % Education % Other entries: Landscaping x, Retail / Manufacturing, Government related x, Automotive, Painting, Developer, Floral, Cleaning Services, Self Storage, Media, and Construction.
What Percentage of your workers are paid minimum wage? % -% -% -7% 8-% -% -% -% -7% 7-% % -% -% -7% 8-% -% -% -% -7% 7-%
How many people does your business employ? 8 - - - - - - - - - - or more 8 - - - - - - - - - - or more
Please indicate which of the following has occurred to your business 8 8 8 9 All the other entries were re-iterations of one of the options on this chart or answers to subsequent questions.
Which of the following, in your estimation, have caused these changes? 8 Decreases in oil prices Slowdown in economic activity Devaluation of the Canadian Dollar Increases in taxes Increases in costs due to regulatory compliance Increases in the minimum wage Lack of market access / inability to export products Other (please specify) Other entries: - Commercial work has been reduced as investors are unsure of the future.
To what extent do you agree or disagree that the recent increase in minimum wage has been the cause of the previously mentioned changes to your business? Strongly disagree % Unsure / No opinion % Strongly agree 8 Somewhat agree Somewhat disagree Strongly disagree Unsure / No opinion Somewhat disagree % Strongly agree % Somewhat agree %
What has been the estimated financial impact to your business in bringing minimum wage earners up to the $. per hour rate? $ - $ $ - $ $ - $7 $7 - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, or more 8 $ - $ $ - $ $ - $7 $7 - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, or more
9 8 7 8 What has been the estimated financial impact across all wage categories? 7 8 $ - $ $ - $ $ - $7 $7 - $, $, - $, $, - $, 7 $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, or more $ - $ $ - $ $ - $7 $7 - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, or more
If the province increases the minimum wage to $/h by October 8, please indicate which of the following will occur to your business Very Likely Somewhat Likely Somewhat Unlikely Very Unlikely Unknown Other entries: - This will make my day a VERY long one!!! - What is left is support staff, work experience students etc will be no more.
9 8 7 8 Please indicate the cost to your business of increasing the wage of minimum wage earners to $/h 8 $ - $ $ - $ $ - $7 $7 - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, or more $ - $ $ - $ $ - $7 $7 - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, or more
7 Please indicate the total cost to your business of a minimum wage increase to $/h across all wage categories $ - $ $ - $ $ - $7 $7 - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, - $, $, or more Series
Which of the following challenges concern you the most? 7 (most) (least) Decreased oil prices Slowdown in economic activity Devaluation of the Canadian Dollar Increased taxes Increased costs due to regulatory compliance Lack of market access / inability to export products Other Other entries: - Unemployment and lack of government actions to bring our oil to market - Undue influence of international companies through investor-state provisions of treaties. - Increased Minimum Wage x
What would be an acceptable and appropriate minimum wage for the Government to implement in? $. per hour (% increase) $.7 per hour (approximately.% increase) $. per hour (approximately % increase) 7 $.7 per hour (approximately % increase) $. per hour (approximately % increase) $. per hour (approximately % increase) $ per hour (approximately % increase) Other (please specify) Other entries: - $./h - $. per hour for high-tipped positions - $. - living wage of Medicine Hat