Pay Equity Maintenance – Video
In this great video below, Lauri Reesor of Hicks Morley, discusses how organizations need to ensure they are maintaining Pay Equity and the risks involved in putting it off until later. Adding to what Lauri discusses in the video, we believe that Pay Equity should not be “revisited” every few years, but should become part […]
The Gender Wage Gap Strategy in the News
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Is Your Organization Using a Gender Neutral Job Evaluation Tool?
As a strict requirement of pay equity legislation, Employers are required to provide for pay equity for female job classes by objectively valuing those job classes, and comparing female and male job classes on the basis of skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions. This is to be done by applying gender neutral criteria.
Pay Equity Cases and Their Outcomes
The Pay Equity Commission seems to be ramping up their efforts to ensure Employers in Ontario are compliant with Pay Equity Legislation. We have summarized some recent Pay Equity cases and their outcomes…
House Statement by the Honourable Kevin Flynn Minister of Labour and the Honourable Teresa Piruzza Minister Responsible for Women’s Issues on Equal Pay Day
A very good statement from the House of Commons regarding Equal Pay Day in Ontario…
Recent Pay Equity Compliance Dispute
On Tuesday, April 8th, 2014, CUPE members from Community Living Guelph Wellington were observed picketing outside of Liz Sandal’s office in dispute of a pay equity case brought to the Pay Equity Commission in March. The pay equity review body had informed Community Living Guelph Wellington that it is required to pay both their union […]
Pay Equity an International Concern
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.
Ontario’s Gender Wage Gap Infographic
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.
A Pay Equity Case Study: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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 […]
Providing Pay Equity Proof
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 […]