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A growing concern

9 Apr 2014

The Association’s ap- plication is an important precedent for expanding pay equity enforcement using the Code for the increasing numbers of women who are not covered by the Pay Equity Act and the government had every opportunity to pro- mote it as such. [...] While the Pay Equity Office offers some public we- binars and e-learning modules, these efforts are limited to training on Pay Equity Act issues.35 Step #3 Develop Closing the Gender Pay Gap Plans Despite repeated requests by the Equal Pay Coalition, the Ontario govern- ment does not have a plan to close the 31.5% gender pay gap in Ontario, nor has it committed to develop one. [...] The EU has embedded closing the gender pay gap as one its five core policy areas for its Strategy for equality between women and men (2010– 2015).47 It is also embedded in the Europe 2020 Strategy, the EU’s econom- ic growth strategy and in the European Pact for Gender Equality adopted by EU leaders.48 There are numerous examples of EU country action plans to close the pay gap, which include actio [...] Women should not be paid less simply because they are kept in the dark about what their male colleagues earn.”60 Recognizing the power of transparency, the Ontario government has promised to introduce legislation to enhance accountability and oversight through increased general transparency across the government and the bPs.61 This power could also be harnessed to close the gender pay gap. [...] The vast majority of certifi- cations in both 2012 and 2013 were for predominantly male workplaces.75 A Growing Concern: Ontario’s Gender Pay Gap 19 The public sector’s higher unionization rate (70%, compared to 15% in the private sector),76 its greater pay equity enforcement, and transparent pay have contributed to a smaller gender pay gap in the public sector.77 Yet the increasing privatization
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Authors

Cornish, Mary F

ISBN
9781771251181
Pages
36
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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