BMO Raises Minimum Pay for US Workers to $20 in Fight for Labor

A BMO Harris Bank branch in Chicago.

Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
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Bank of Montreal is raising the minimum wage for its US branch and contact-center employees to $20 an hour, its second such pay bump in less than a year, as companies fight for workers in a tight labor market.

The increase from $18 an hour takes effect Aug. 7, the Toronto-based bank said in a statementBloomberg Terminal Monday. The boost applies to current full- and part-time workers as well as new hires.