Canada’s Pay Equity Act
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Women’s Issues, Economics
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Business, Laws, Acts, Legislation, Labor, Unions, Work, Employment
- Curriculum: Women’s History, Canadian History
- Geographical Location: Canada
- Date: June, 1987
Article abstract: Employers in the public and private sectors are required to provide equal pay for jobs requiring comparable skill, effort, and responsibility.
Summary of Event
By the 1960’s, there was clear economic evidence of differential pay for male-dominated and female-dominated jobs in Canada. In 1979, the average earned income of Canadian women who worked for the full year was 63 percent of the full-year earnings of men. There were widely divergent views on the reasons for these pay differences. At one extreme, the wage gap was regarded as...
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