Employment Standards Act/Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value -1978

Category:

EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS

Sub-Category:

REMUNERATION

Resolution Number:

200.20.6

Club:

Toronto

Year:

1978

Status:

Resolved

Comments:

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Business and Professional Women’s Clubs of Ontario urge the Government of Ontario to amend Section 33(1) Part IX (Equal Pay for Equal Work) of the Ontario Employment Standards Act to provide:
(a) that male and female employees who are performing work of equal value shall receive equal pay, and
(b) that the work performed by the employees shall be assessed by a point rating method using the factors of skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions, except where such payment is pursuant to (1) a seniority system, and (2) a system that measures earnings by quantity or quality of production.

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