The provincial minimum wage isn't sitting well with some Albertans, and the Foothills Advocacy In Motion Society is added to that list.

With the minimum wage going from $11.20 to now $12.20 an hour, some jobs could be lost.

Employment and Day Services Manager with AIM Brad Fowler says it's not full-time work they're worried about.

"Certainly in our situation we have a lot of part-time hours with employers in town and I think realistically employers have to look at ways to tighten their money belts so I think those part-time positions are maybe the first types of positions that they look at and that's kind of where our concern is," he says.

AIM supports members of the community with developmental disabilities through many avenues and Fowler says they still are by making sure they've got all the tools to continue working even with the financial crunches businesses may be forced to make.

"We're touching base with all of our employers and sitting down with them to see if there's anything we can do to maintain the employment situations or any changes that we can make. But the reality is sometimes we can't offer anything that would make that employer's needs."

Fowler says he hopes employers will hang on through some tough times and be able to employ those with the AIM Society.

"The situations that we are worried about would be where we provide a service. Like a custodial situation where we would go in and clean the premises for that the company so those kind of positions are the one that employers are scrutinizing just because they have to save money themselves.  

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