LAWS 3401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Foreign Worker, Occupational Safety And Health, Dont
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Women working full-time for full year earned an average of 72% as much as comparable men. Pay gap is even greater for university educated women who earned just 68% as much as men. Wage gap has remained consistent for the most part. Women are found to be participating more and more. More part time jobs lower paid jobs less advancement. Tendency for women to go into lower paid jobs. All jurisdictions in canada have legislaton to counter this problem to ensure women and men are paid same amount of money: generally speaking, laws say you cant pay female less if they do the same work. 3 models of equal pay legislation: equal work model. Requires employer to pay identical wages for performance of identical or substantially similar. S. 42 of ontario employment standards act job duties: (cid:862)su(cid:271)sta(cid:374)tiall(cid:455) si(cid:373)ila(cid:396)(cid:863) interpreted by different courts and judges, legislation prohibits employer from paying female less if they are doing same job in same establishment.
