Ccpa Living Wage 2010 Final Draft

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2010Wrkn r a Lvn Wa

Makn Pa Wrk Mt BascFamly Ns n Mtr Vancuvr

by Tm Rcars,

Marcy Cn

an St Kln

MAY 2010

2010 UpatCps t rnal 2008

ull rprt ar avalabl

rm t CCPA, an at

www.plcyaltrnatvs.ca

In 2008, the CCPA, First Call and Victorias Community Council published

the inaugural reportWrkn r a Lvn Wa. That report calculated that

the living amily wage was $16.74/hour in Metro Vancouver, and $16.39/

hour in Metro Victoria. That ull report, detailing the principles, rationale,

methodology, data sources, and business case or the l iving wage calculation

can be ound at www.policyalternatives.ca/livingwage2008. Since then,

however, amily costs have continued to rise and changes have occurred

to government taxes and transers. And so this short report updates our

calculation, providing the 2010 Living Wage or Metro Vancouver now

$18.17/hour.

For more on the Metro Vancouver Living Wage or Families campaign, includ-

ing inormation or employers wanting to become living wage employers,

visit www.livingwageoramilies.ca

FAMiLieS Who WoRK FoR LoW WAgeS ac mpssbl ccs buycltn r at t us, t clrn r pay t rnt. T rsult

can b spralln bt, cnstant anty an ln-trm alt prblms. in

many cass t mans tat t aults n t amly ar wrkn ln urs,

tn at tw r tr jbs, just t pay r basc ncssts. Ty av lttl

tm t spn wt tr amly, muc lss t lp tr clrn wt scl

wrk r partcpat n cmmunty actvts.

T rustratn wrkn arr nly t all urtr bn s n many

Canaans can rlat t. Rcnt CCPA rsarc sws tat mst amls ar

takn m a smallr sar t cnmc p spt wrkn lnr

urs, ttn mr ucatn an cntrbutn t a rwn cnmy.


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2 WoRKiNg FoR A LiViNg WAge: 2010 UPdATe

Wat s t say

abut ur cnmy

wn amls ar

n all t rt

tns wrkn ar

an wrkn ln

urs yt av t

cs btwn payn

t rnt an puttn

n t tabl?

in BC, t cntractn btwn yars cnmc rwt an rsn nscurty s

spcally stark. W ar n nly tw Canaan prvncs wr man arnns r

nvuals ll btwn 2000 an 2005. Fr s yars runnn, BC as a t st

cl pvrty rat n Canaa. An BC as als ralz t last prrss (mak tat

natv prrss) snc t hus Cmmns ll-at 1989 rslutn t n cl

pvrty. Wl mst prvncs saw a rp n tr cl pvrty rat btwn 1989 an

2007, nly ontar an BC saw t stuatn wrsn, wt BC prncn t larst

ncras ( 30 pr cnt).

T stry cl pvrty s vry muc a stry lw was. Mr tan al BCs pr

clrn (55.7 pr cnt) lv n amls wr at last n ault as a ull-tm ull-yar jb.

T lvn wa s n t mst pwrul tls avalabl t arss ts trubln stat

pvrty am plnty n BC. it allws us t t srus abut rucn cl pvrty,

an nsurs tat amls w ar wrkn ar t wat ty srv a ar sak, an

a l tats abut mr tan a cnstant strul t t by.

A lvn wa s nt t sam as t mnmum wa, wc s t lal mnmum mply-

rs must pay. T lvn wa sts a r tst t rcts wat arnrs n a amly n

t brn m, bas n t actual csts lvn n a spcfc cmmunty. T lvn

wa s a call t prvat an publc sctr mplyrs tmslvs t pay was t bt

rct an cntract mplys sufcnt t prv t bascs t amls wt clrn.

WhATS iN A LiViNg WAge?

T lvn wa s calculat as t urly rat at wc a usl can mt ts basc

ns, nc vrnmnt transrs av bn a t t amlys ncm (suc as t

Unvrsal Cl Car Bnft) an uctns av bn subtract (suc as ncmtas an emplymnt insuranc prmums).

T ull tals t calculatn mtly ar spll ut n t rnal ull rprt

rm 2008, n pa 23, wc s avalabl at www.policyalternatives.ca/livingwage2008.

T lvn wa s bas n:

A amly tw parnts wt tw clrn a ur an svn. (in BC, 85 pr

cnt amls ar a by cupls, an 62 pr cnt av tw r mr

clrn.)

Bt parnts wrkn ull-tm, at 35 urs pr wk. (Full-tm mplymnt

r bt parnts s t nrm r amls wt clrn n BC.)

estmat amly pnss n 10 catrs (mr n ts blw).

T cst vrnmnt uctns (prvncal an ral tas, emplymnt

insuranc prmums an Canaa Pnsn Plan cntrbutns).

T valu vrnmnt transrs lk t Canaa Cl Ta Bnft (mr n

ts blw).

emplyrs prvn mnmal pa vacatn an sck tm.


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WoRKiNg FoR A LiViNg WAge: 2010 UPdATe 3

A LiViNg WAge iS:

Bas n t prncpl

tat ull-tm wrk

sul prv amls

wt a basc lvl

cnmc scurty, nt

kp tm n pvrty.

T amunt n

r a amly ur wt

tw parnts wrkn

ull-tm t pay r

ncssts, supprt t

alty vlpmnt

tr clrn,

scap fnancal strss

an partcpat n

tr cmmunts.

Fr Mtr Vancuvr,

t lvn wa n

2010 s $18.17.

A Bare Bones Budget

At $18.17 pr ur r Mtr Vancuvr r $33,069 annually r ac

parnt wrkn ull-tm rs wat a amly cul ar:

Food: $756/mnt (bas n stmats by t dttans Canaa r a

nutrtus t)

CLoThiNg ANd FooTWeAR:$187/mnt

SheLTeR: $1,346/mnt (nclus cnsrvatv rnt stmat r a

tr-brm apartmnt, utlts, tlpn, an nsuranc n m

cntnts)

TRANSPoRTATioN:$442/mnt (nclus tw-zn bus pass an t cst

wnn an pratn a us car)

ChiLd CARe: $1,095/mnt (r a ur yar l n ull-tm car, a svnyar l n atr-scl car, an s wks summr car). Ntably, cl

car s t scn mst pnsv tm n t lvn wa amly but

atr sltr.

MediCAL SeRViCeS PLAN (MSP) PReMiUMS: $114/mnt

NoN-MSP heALTh CARe: $133/mnt (r Pacfc Blu Crss insuranc;

s nt nclu pnss nly partally cvr by t nsuranc plan)

PAReNTS edUCATioN: $88/mnt (allws r tw cll curss pr yar)

CoNTiNgeNCY FUNd: $212/mnt (prvs sm cusn r unpct

vnts lk t srus llnss a amly mmbr, transtn tm btwnjbs, tc.)

oTheR: $689/mnt (cvrs prsnal car, urntur, usl sup-

pls, scl suppls, sm ran matrals, mnmal rcratn an

ntrtanmnt)

Ts lvn wa calculatn s nt cvr:

Crt car, lan, r tr bt/ntrst paymnts;

Savns r rtrmnt;

ownn a m;

Savns r clrns utur ucatn;

Anytn byn mnmal rcratn, ntrtanmnt, r lay csts;

Csts carn r a sabl, srusly ll, r lrly amly mmbr;

r

Muc a cusn r mrncs r tu tms.


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T stry cl

pvrty s vry muc

a stry lw was.

Mr tan al BCs pr clrn

lv n amls wr

at last n prsn

as a ull-tm jb.

T lvn wa ts amls ut svr fnancal strss by ltn tm ut

pvrty an prvn a basc lvl cnmc scurty. But t s als a cnsrvatv,

bar bns but wtut t tras many us tak r rant.

T lvn wa calculatn s bas n t ns tw-parnt amls wt yun

clrn, but wul als supprt a amly truut t l cycl s tat yun

aults ar nt scura rm avn clrn an lr wrkrs av sm tra

ncm as ty a. imprtantly, t lvn wa s als nu r a snl parnt wt

n cl t t by. A snl parnt wt tw clrn, wvr, wul av a muc

tur tm. (S pa 25 t rnal 2008 rprt r mr n snl parnts.)

exPLAiNiNg The iNCReASeS iN The 2010 LiViNg WAge UPdATe

T 2010 Lvn Wa upat ss sm szabl ncrass vr t 2008 Lvn Wa.

T nw numbrs (usn t sam mtly r bt tw-parnt/tw-cl

amls, an r snl parnt amls wt n cl) ar as llws:

Vancuvr: Tw-parnt, tw-cl amly up $1.43 rm $16.74 t

$18.17 (an ncras 8.5 pr cnt vr tw yars)

Vancuvr: Snl-parnt, n-cl amly up $1.30 rm $16.73 t $18.03

As a cmparsn rcs wv als calculat t lvn wa fur r Mtr

Vctra:

Vctra: Tw-parnt, tw-cl amly up $0.92 rm $16.39 t $17.31

(an ncras 5.6 pr cnt)

Vctra: Snl-parnt, n-cl amly up $0.24 rm $15.11 t $15.35

S, wats rvn t cans?

T amunt, accrn t t nw Cost o Eatingrprt rm t dttans

Canaa, s up cnsrably. Fr t Vancuvr ur-prsn amly, t ncrass rm

$652/mnt t $756/mnt.

Rnt ncrass ar a b rvr. Accrn t Canaa Mrta an husn

Crpratn ata, t man rnt r a tr-brm apartmnt n Vancuvr

wnt up abut 7.8 pr cnt vr t tw yars t $1,175/mnt.

Cl car als tk a b jump $113/mnt vr t tw yars. in t wak

t ral vrnmnt canclln t cl car armnt wt t prvncs,

an subsqunt cuts t prvncal rants t cl car cntrs, cl car s av

sn a stp ncras, ctvly canclln ut wat amls rcv n t ral

Unvrsal Cl Car Bnft ac mnt.

Ntably, t csts ssntal tms tat lw-ncm amls cannt av av

ncras by mr tan t nral rat natn (CPi).


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iN oUR oWN WoRdS

T rnal 2008 ull

rprt s llustrat

wt placars ma by

wrkrs n lw-wa

jbs abut wat a lvn

wa mans t tm.

in cntrast, t snl parnt usls s smallr ncrass n t lvn wa,

manly bcaus ty qualy r t prvncal rntal assstanc rant an t nw

lw-ncm carbn ta crt, s tr transrs rm vrnmnt ncras.

Ts act rvs m t mprtant rl publc prrams an vrnmnt transrs

play n nancn arablty. Wn vrnmnt prrams carry mr wt,

t lvn wa s mrat, asn t rl mplyrs n nsurn tat amls

can mt tr cr butary ns.

WhY A LiViNg WAge?

Lvn was bnft amls, cmmunts an mplyrs, nw an nt t

utur.

A rwn by vnc tlls us tat rwn up n an na, supprtv

nvrnmnt s a pwrul lln trmnant a prsns alt an nral

wll-bn. Clrn rm lw-ncm amls ar lss lkly t wll at scl,

Metro Victorias 2010 Aordability Index

T 2008 Working or a Living Wage rprt calculat t lvn amly

wa r Mtr Vancuvr an Mtr Vctra, an was c-publs

by t Canaan Cntr r Plcy Altrnatvs, Frst Call, an Vctras

Cmmunty Cuncl.

Snc tn, t Cmmunty Cuncls Qualty L Calln as n a

sltly rnt pat. Tr mtly r calculatn t Mtr Vctra

lvn wa rmans t sam as was stabls n t 2008 rprt (an

rmans cnsstnt wt t Mtr Vancuvr lvn wa), but ty av

rnam tr wa The Aordability Index(capturn t act tat t can b

attan tr by ncrasn was r by lwrn ut--pckt csts).

T Arablty in ncuras a cmmunty alu arun strats

t prvnt an ruc pvrty. it s ntn t na t cmmunty

t tak actn t ruc csts lvn an ncras ncms. T in

lts tat arablty, spcally t csts usn, cl car,

an transprtatn, acts t rns ablty t attract an rtan

sta an sustan a alty an vbrant cnmy an cmmunty.

in 2010, t wa rqur t mantan a mst qualty l n BCs

Captal Rn s calculat t b $17.31 pr ur, a 5.6 pr cnt ncras

rm 2008.

Fr mr nrmatn n Mtr Vctras Arablty in, vst

www.qlcalln.ca, mal [email protected], r call 250-383-6166.


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av lwr ltracy lvls an ar mr lkly as aults t sur rm jb nscurty,

unr-mplymnt an pr alt.

Accrn t t Natnal Lntunal Survy Clrn an Yut, parnts n

usls wt lw ncms ar mr tan twc as lkly as parnts n tr

ml- r -ncm amls t b crncally strss. Nt avn nu

mny t buy usl ssntals an ln tat unralstc pctatns wrbn plac n tr tm ar tw t prmary surcs strss ntf n ts

rsarc. Ts parnts ar mr lkly t sur rm pr alt an t b r

usrs alt car srvcs. Alscnts lvn wt crncally strss parnts

wr mr lkly tan tr yut t av a tu tm scally an n scl.

A srs rcnt natnal stus abut wrk-l cnct cumnt t vry

csts rl vrla (avn t muc t n a vn amunt tm) n prsnal

an fnancal trms. Rsarcrs Lna dubury an Crs hns stmat t r-

ct an nrct csts t mplyrs n absntsm at $6 blln a yar. Ty stmat

a urtr $6 blln cst t t alt car systm.

otr rsarc as swn tat payn lvn was as cncrt bnfts r m-plyrs, nclun: ruc absntsm an sta turnvr; ncras skll, mral

an pructvty lvls; ruc rcrutmnt an trann csts; an mprv cus-

tmr satsactn. it s als r a cmpanys rputatn. Fr ampl, KPMg n

Lnn un tat turnvr rats wr cut n al atr t mplmnt a lvn wa

plcy r all rct an cntract sta n 2006. (S Fears Concerning the Living Wage

Aecting Business Proftability Overstatedn pa 41 t rnal 2008 rprt r a

scussn mplyr cncrns abut payn a lvn wa.)

T lvn wa s frst an

rmst a call t prvat

an publc sctr mplyrs

t sustan amls t

pay was t bt rct

an cntract mplys

sufcnt t prv t

bascs. But vrnmnt

plcs an prrams

als av a rct mpact

n ur stanar lvn,

an as a rsult, n t

lvn wa calculatn.

UK Employers Get Behind the Living Wage

Lvn wa mvmnts av bn ann stam n t UK, acrss t US

an n a numbr Canaan cts.

in t UK, a rwn numbr lan crprat, publc an nn-prft

mplyrs s t bnfts payn lvn was, nclun: hSBC Bank,

KPMg, PrcWatrusCprs, gratr Lnn Autrty, Lnns

Unrrun subway systm, ur east Lnn halt Trusts, Qun Mary

Unvrsty, Lnn Scl ecnmcs, t Scl orntal an Arcan

Stus, an Wstway dvlpmnt Trust. An t 2012 Lnn olympcs

wll b t frst lvn wa olympcs.

Wl t act trms r rm mplyr t mplyr, all av sn a

basc Cartr r Scally Rspnsbl Cntractn, stpulatn all rct

an cntract sta ar: pa n lss tan a lvn wa as st annually by

t gratr Lnn Autrty; lbl r 20 ays pa lay plus statu-

try lays; lbl r 10 ays ull sck pay pr yar; allw r an

unttr accss t a tra unn.


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LiViNg WAge

CALCULATioNS FoR

oTheR CoMMUNiTieS

An accmpanyn

u an sprast

s avalabl r ts

skn t calculat

t lvn wa n

tr BC an Canaan

cmmunts.

Ts tcncal u

can b wnla at

www.plcyaltrnatvs.

ca/lvnwa2010.

i yu us ts

u t calculat t

lvn wa r yur

cmmunty, plas ltus knw, an tll us

wat t valu t

lvn wa s wr

yu lv. Just cntact

t CCPAs BC fc.

geTTiNg TheRe: The RoLe oF eMPLoYeRS ANd goVeRNMeNT

T lvn wa s frst an rmst a call t publc an prvat sctr mplyrs

(prmarly larr ns) t sustan amls. Ts can b acv tru was, r a

cmbnatn was an bnfts (suc as alt bnfts, cvra MSP pr-

mums, transt passs, tc.). in a tm cnmc rcssn r jblss rcvry, t s

partcularly mprtant tat publc sctr mplyrs (muncpalts, scl bars,

alt autrts, tc.) an fnancally alty prvat sctr cmpans sk t

mtat t wnturn by sustann an nancn t arnns lw-ncm

amls. An vn tat lw-ncm amls tn t spn almst all tr ncm

n tr cmmunts, bstn t arnns ts usls s n t mst

ctv ways stmulatn t lcal cnmy.

But t lvn wa s nt just abut mplyrs t labur markt aln can-

nt slv all prblms pvrty an scal clusn. gvrnmnt plcs an

prrams als av a rct mpact n ur stanar lvn, an as a rsult, n t

lvn wa calculatn.

Frst, rct vrnmnt transrs can put mny nt t pckts lw-ncm

amls. T mr nrus ts transrs ar, t lss a amly rqurs n was

t acv a cnt stanar lvn. hwvr, mst vrnmnt transrs an

subss ar ruc r lmnat nc a amly racs an ncm lvl wll

blw t lvn wa. Fr ur ml lvn wa amly, ts nclu:

Canaa Cl Ta Bnft (ruc atr t amlys nt ncm s ratr

tan $41,926);

gST rbat (nt avalabl t amls wt a nt ncm abv $48,632);

Prvncal Cl Car Subsy (starts t cln at a mntly nt ncm

trsl $1,933 an cass ntrly at t ncm lvl ur lvn

wa amly);

BC Rntal Assstanc Prram (nt avalabl t amls wt rss ncm

vr $35,000); an

otrs nclun t Wrkn incm Ta Bnft, t BC Sals Ta Crt,

an MSP prmum assstanc.

T lvn wa s als act by nrct vrnmnt transrs, n t rm

publc srvcs an nrastructur tat st crtan csts t sulrs nv-

ual amls. Fr ampl, w a a unvrsal publcly-un cl car systm

r clrn unr s yars l, t lvn wa calculatn wul n lnr av

t nclu abut $750 pr mnt n cl car csts. incrasn t stck ar-

abl usn, r makn publc transt mr arabl, wul lkws cras t

amunt mplyrs n t pay n rr t prv a lvn wa.

An s, a ky way mplyrs can ruc t payrll csts t lvn wa s t

avcat r plcy cans t ncras vrnmnt bnfts t lw-ncm arnrs

an nanc publc srvcs tat mprv ur qualty l.


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Frst Call: BC Cl an Yut Avcacy Caltn s a

nn-partsan, prvnc-w caltn ranzatns

an nvuals cmmtt t prmtn cl an yut

rts an wll-bn. W cus n publc plcy, publc

awarnss an mblzn cmmunts r BCs clrn.

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Vancuvr, BC

V5V 3C9

604.873-8437

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T Lvn Wa r Famls Campan r

Mtr Vancuvr was rmally launc n t

all 2008 wt t publcatn Working

or a Living Wagean s u by an Avsry

Cmmtt ma up rprsntatvs rm

unns, busnsss, parnts, mmrant an

cmmunty rups, as wll as nvual lw-wa wrkrs. Snc ts ncptn t

Campan as st a numbr vnts an na n tnsv utrac wt

cmmunty, labur, mmrant an at partnrs. it as vlp a Lvn Wa

emplyr rcntn prcss t rcnz mplyrs tat pay a lvn wa. it

as wrk wt lcal partnrs t ncura lcal muncpalts t pass lvn

wa by-laws. it s unrtakn a lstnn campan wt lw wa wrkrs an

as unrtakn trann wrksps n t lvn wa wt a varty ancs.

Cntact us at [email protected], r tru Frst Call.

www.lvnwaramls.ca

T rnal lvn wa rsarc was part t

ecnmc Scurty Prjct, a rsarc allanc l

by t Canaan Cntr r Plcy Altrnatvs

BC ofc an Smn Frasr Unvrsty. T

eSP was un prmarly by a rant rm t

Scal Scnc an humants Rsarc Cuncl

Canaa (SShRC) tru ts Cmmunty-

Unvrsty Rsarc Allanc prram.

Tanks als t t Unt Way t Lwr

Manlan, t human early Larnn Partnrsp,

an t hsptal emplys Unn r tr

fnancal assstanc ts prjct.

T pnns n ts rprt, an any rrrs, ar

ts t autrs, an nt ncssarly

rct t vws t publsrs r tr

unrs, spnsrs r supprtrs.

Ts publcatn s avalabl unr lmt

cpyrt prtctn. Yu may wnla,

strbut, ptcpy, ct r crpt ts

cumnt prv t s crt an nt us

r cmmrcal purpss. Prmssn s rqur

r all tr uss.

Cpyt, sn an ptrapy:

Nan Rnby an Pt Tupa,

www.ansnpublcatns.cm

978-1-897569-61-0

Marc 2010

T Canaan Cntr r Plcy Altrnatvs s an npnnt,

nn-partsan rsarc nsttut cncrn wt ssus scal

an cnmc justc. Fun n 1980, t s n Canaas

lan prrssv vcs n publc plcy bats. TCCPA s a rstr nn-prft carty an pns n t

supprt ts mr tan 10,000 mmbrs acrss Canaa.

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