Recommendation 8

Recommendation 8:

equal pay

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Recommendation 8: Equal pay

The commission asserts that women have a right to equal pay and that compensation should be determined based on skill level, responsibility, and effort — not gender. Factors like seniority should also be used to help determine the rate of pay.

Recommendation 8: Equal pay

First established in 1978, the Equal Wages Guidelines set a baseline for establishing pay equality. Protected under the Canadian Human Rights Act, the guidelines included skill, responsibility, effort, and working conditions as the measurements to determine value of work.

Recommendation 8: Equal pay

The Government of Canada introduces proactive pay equality legislation. This aims to ensure that federal workers — both men and women in private and public sectors — get equal money for work of equal value.

Recommendation 8: Equal pay

A study finds that, one year after postsecondary graduation, Canadian women will earn 12 percent less than men. Five years after graduation, the gap widens to 25 percent, or almost $18,000 less.