New Minimum Wage is Now Law in Trinidad

• Some of the new measures that were announced by Finance Minister Colm Imbert in the 2020 national budget went into effect on Sunday, the 1^st of December.
• In a full advertisement on Monday, the government reminded citizens of the measures that took effect from December 1 such as the new minimum wage of $17.50 per hour, up from the previous rate of $15.00.
• Employees of the unemployed relief program and the community-based environment protection and enhancement program (CEPEP) will get a 15% increase in their wages, while trainees of the on-the-job training program will see a 10% hike in their stipends with the intake for the program is increased from 5,000 to 8,000 trainees.

(Source: Trinidad Express Newspaper)