CWELCC WORKFORCE COMPENSATION FUNDING. This funding is focused on supporting the recruitment and retention of Ontario’s child care workforce by providing improved compensation for low wage earners through the implementation of a wage floor and an annual wage increase for eligible Registered Early Childhood Educator (RECE) staff. In addition, workforce compensation funding will be provided to Licensees to offset wage increases for non-RECE staff associated with the increased minimum wage that came into effect January 1, 2022. ELIGIBLE EXPENDITURES: • Funding to support increased compensation of eligible staff to meet the Wage Floor and Annual Wage Increase requirements. HOURLY WAGE FLOOR 2022 – 2026 2022 0000 0000 0000 0000 RECE PROGRAM STAFF $18 $19 $20 $21 $22 RECE CHILD CARE SUPERVISORS OR RECE HOME CHILD CARE VISITORS $20 $21 $22 $23 $24 (In addition to the hourly wage noted in the chart above, staff are required to receive benefits) • Funding to offset wage increases for non-RECE staff associated with the increased minimum wage that came into effect January 1, 2022. The minimum wage offset will not apply to non- program staff such as: - Cook, custodial and other non-program staff positions * - SNR-funded resource teachers/consultants and supplemental staff * - Staff hired through a third party (i.e., temp agency) * The only exception to the first two positions noted above is if the staff is a non- RECE and the position spends at least 25 per cent of their time to support ratio requirements as outlined in the Act in which case the staff would be eligible for the minimum wage offset for the hours that they are supporting the ratio requirements
