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By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 6 Minutes Read October 15, 2010

Women in the workplace Part II: why is Canada lagging in wage gap ranking?

I have been reading some interesting articles recently regarding women in the workplace. A recent report put Canada at number 20 in a global measure of equality between men and women. Canada was actually rated number 33 in the world concerning earned income gaps. Why is this still happening?

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employment Standards, Human Rights, Payroll / Canada, earned income gaps, education and experience, equality between men and women, labour force intermittency, managment, maternity leave, motherhood and workforce attitudes, pay equity, professionals, salary, skills, support and encourage women in business, wage gap, wage gap ranking, Women executives, women in the workplace, Work hours, Workplace discrimination

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 3 Minutes Read October 1, 2010

Women in the workplace Part I: are women preventing themselves from achieving power in the workplace?

The other day, I read an interesting article regarding an interview with the author of No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power. The author argues that it is actually women themselves who are preventing the achievement of female power in the workplace.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Human Rights / assertive women, discirmination of women, equality, Feldt, gender discrimination, gender equality, No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How we Think About Power, pay differences, pay equity, salary differences, salary differences between men and women, sex, women in the workplace, women still earning less than their male counterparts, women's salaries

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 3 Minutes Read March 12, 2010

Are you required to have a pay equity plan?

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.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Human Rights, Payroll / 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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