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Gender wage gap is decreasing … but is it decreasing enough?

Friday, January 14th, 2011

I just read a Statistics Canada report stating that the gender wage gap has recently been decreasing. The report briefly noted that between 1988 and 2008, the wage gap narrowed throughout the wage distribution. However, the gap shrank the most at the lowest end of the wage distribution, and the gap shrank the least at the upper end. Also, although women dramatically increased their representation in high-wage occupations such as management, there were still significant gender wage gaps within these occupations.

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Tags: age cohorts, career paths, cohort replacement effect, compensation plan, compensation planning, Employment equity, gender wage gap, income gap, Statistics Canada, Stats Canada, stereotypes, wage distribution, wage gap, Wage inequality
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Are you required to have a pay equity plan?

Friday, March 12th, 2010

One purpose of Pay Equity is to redress differences in compensation due to systemic gender discrimination suffered by persons who occupy positions in predominantly female job categories. Only the provinces of Quebec and Ontario have pay equity legislation that covers the private sector. The Pay Equity Act in each province requires employers with 10 or more employees to provide equal pay for work of equal value.

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Tags: Canada, compensation plan, employment law, ontario, pay equality, pay equity, pay equity act, pay equity commission, pay equity legislation, pay equity plan, pay structure, Quebec
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