IRE430H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 21: Equal Pay For Equal Work, Wage Regulation, G2 Phase
2 Jun 2020
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Ire430 chapter 21: regulating wages and pay equity. Wage-fixing laws ensured that workers could not use their bargaining leverage to drive wages up. Modern canadian governments have also occasionally used wage freeze or wage-fixing legislation to tackle wage inflation or reduce the government"s payroll. The most common form of wage regulation today focus on protecting a wage floor - a minimum wage to prevent employers from using their bargaining power to drive wages too far down - and addressing gender wage discrimination. Governments generally do not regulate the price at which independent contractors sell their services. If a worker does not meet the definition of an employee in the statute, then the laws governing wages do not apply. Many employees are excluded from wage regulation. E. g. , in ontario student at camp for children; superintendent of a residential building in which or she also resides.
