HROB 3050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Equal Pay For Equal Work, Visible Minority

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour
• Course: HROB 3050
• Professor: Rhonda Gordon

Document Summary

Equal pay for equal work and pay equity are aimed at ensuring gender equality in the pay that employees receive for the jobs they perform. Employment equity focuses on improving job opportunities for women, people with disabilities, visible minorities, and aboriginal people. Employment standards act: equal pay for equal work. Section 42 of the employment standards act makes it illegal to pay employees of one sex less money for doing the same work as employees of the other sex. Exceptions are allowed only if the difference in compensation is based on seniority, merit, productivity, or any other factor not based on gender, such as a premium paid for working a night shift. As with other standards under the esa, equal pay for equal work is enforced by requiring individuals to file a claim with the ministry of labour. Pay equity act: equal pay for work of equal value.