Sovereign Lake Nordic Club Commits to Living Wage
Sovereign Lake Nordic Club becomes first ski area in Canada to guarantee a living wage
The Sovereign Lake Nordic Club is a not-for-profit ski club with more than 3,200 members operating within the Silver Star Provincial Park near Vernon, on the traditional, unceded territory of the Syilx/Okanagan People.
Sovereign Lake is the first ski area in Canada to make a commitment to help end working poverty, by paying all its staff and contracted workers a living wage. A living wage is the hourly amount a family needs to cover basic expenses. The calculation is based on a two-parent family with two children – the most common family unit in B.C. – with each parent working full-time.
“In placing our employees’ health and financial stability front and centre, we help to build long term sustainable employment opportunities for our community, while reducing training costs in this traditional high staff turnover industry. With an 80% annual return rate of our employees, it helps maintain a friendly and familiar atmosphere for our members and guests….By meeting and exceeding these minimum benchmarks for a living wage, we are creating a strong team more akin to a family than just a job”
- Troy Hudson, Sovereign Lake Nordic Club