Ontario employers are responsible for ensuring that pay equity exists in their establishments.
As a company changes, positions can be added or positions can change. Failure to stay in compliance with the Pay Equity Act can be costly, both financially and to your company’s reputation. Attend this seminar and get the tools you need to assess your compensation program and ensure that you are in compliance with the Pay Equity Act.
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HCI will be presenting the Proxy Method of Pay Equity Seminar in Mississauga on June 17th, and Sudbury on June 24th, 2014. Check our seminars link to learn more…
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Pay Equity continues to be an international concern. While Canada continues to struggle with ensuring female job classes are paid equitably to their male comparators, this issue spans continental borders.
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In an effort to briefly explain the Ontario Wage Gap Program, we have created an infographic to provide statistics and information to employees and employers alike.
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Chair of Ontario’s Equal Pay Coalition Mary Cornish reading an Open Letter to Premier Dalton McGuinty on the 60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10, 2008).
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A Case of Pay Equity:
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
In another example of Pay Equity cases that continue, the lines of job comparison are blurred. On 30 April 1999, the CUPE union representing CBC production assistants lodged a complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Commission. This complaint dealt with the inequity of pay between mainly female production assistants, as compared with camera technicians, comprised more of males. Both of these jobs are from the same institution: CBC.
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Providing Pay Equity Proof
Since 1988, the Pay Equity Commission has been ensuring that companies provide equal pay, for work of equal value. This work is done through investigators that call on companies to provide proof of their programs that support this legislative Act, and its requirements of companies in Ontario. If you are an employer in Ontario with more than 10 employees, you are required to implement a Pay Equity plan to ensure your compliance with the Pay Equity Act.
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Guide to Ontario’s Pay Equity Act
If you are a business in Ontario, there are regulations governing the fair and equitable payment of both genders within your business concerning the same performed activities. The average person and most small businesses in Ontario are used to simply taking this very important act for granted, either that it does exist or that it does not. It is still in effect and can negatively impact your business as outlined below.
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Mark had the pleasure of speaking at a Heene Blaikie, LLP seminar in 2011. Watch the video below, and download the PDF version of the presentation materials. Enjoy! […]
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff re-introduced his private members bill that would, if passed, ensure the human right of pay equity could not be bargained away. Watch this video for more details.
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