EMPLOYERS HAVE UNTIL OCT. 1 TO ENSURE EMPLOYEE RENUMERATION IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH MINIMUM WAGE REGULATIONS.
The Government of Saint Lucia has taken action to raise salaries and increase paychecks for nearly 13,000 Saint Lucian workers.
Effective August 1, 2024:
- Saint Lucia’s first-ever Minimum Liveable Wage regulations took effect; and
- monthly pension payments increase to a new minimum of $500 for NIC pensioners and $725 for government pensioners.
Employers have until October 1, 2024, to adjust their systems and ensure employee remuneration reflects the following minimum wages:
- $𝟏𝟏𝟑𝟎 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲
- $𝟓𝟐.𝟎𝟎 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲
- $𝟔.𝟓𝟐 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐥𝐲
These people-first policy actions implemented by Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre and the Government of Saint Lucia will strengthen spending power, improve the standard of living for working-class Saint Lucians, and restore dignity to retirement for pensioners.