ALMOST
three years after it was first intro-
duced, the Pay Equity Act has finally
come into force in Canada for federally regu-
lated employers.
Looking to close the gender wage gap and
ensure that workers receive equal pay for work
of equal value, the act "will put into place long-
term, sustainable changes that will ensure that
women's work is valued and compensated fairly,
now and into the future," says the government.
"The objectives of the new proactive pay
equity regime are to ensure pay equity is
achieved and maintained, to help address
systemic gender discrimination in compensation
practices and pay systems, and to contribute to
reducing the gender wage gap by addressing the
portion of the gap due to the undervaluation of
work done by women."
In Canada, women earn 89 cents for every
dollar earned by men for work of equal value,
and Indigenous women, black and racialized
women and women with disabilities earn even
less, says Mary Cornish, principal at Cornish
Justice Solutions in Toronto.
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Years in the making, the Pay Equity Act is finally taking
effect for federally regulated employers. Employers
will have a lot to consider when it comes to job classes,
gender predominance and the value of work to close the
gender wage gap and ensure that workers receive equal
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