Pay equity legislation a milestone in advancing gender equality
PSAC welcomes the new federal proactive pay equity legislation introduced by the Trudeau government. It’s an important milestone in advancing gender equality.
The new law recognizes that pay equity is a human right and that employers have an obligation to eliminate gender-based discriminatory wage differences.
This means 30-year legal battles to resolve pay equity complaints will become a thing of the past. Instead employers will be responsible for developing pay equity plans, and must do so with the equal participation of worker representatives.