On 1 July 1978, a new Minimum Wage Order was issued by the Employment Standards Advisory Board and the rates are as follows: $2.75 per hour for all persons eighteen years of age and over; and $2.40 per hour for all persons under eighteen years of age.n 1 October 1982, a new Minimum Wage Order came into effect and the rates are as follows: $3.75 per hour for all persons eighteen years of age and over; and $3.00 per hour for all persons under eighteen years of age.