In June, Ontario introduced Bill 148 – the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 – to amend the Employment Standards Act and Labour Relations Act to provide more protection for precariously employed workers. Among other changes including an increase to a $15 minimum wage, Bill...
Equal Pay Coalition co-chair Fay Faraday’s column in The Law Times makes the case for why we need mandatory pay transparency laws. Read her column here.
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – June 27, 2017) – On June 22, 2017 the Supreme Court of Canada granted the Ontario Equal Pay Coalition, the New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity and the Women’s Leaf Education and Action Fund (LEAF) status to...
On May 15, 2017, reports in the Toronto Star and CBC indicate that the Cabinet is considering changes to basic employment laws that will significantly help in closing the gender pay gap. The Equal Pay Coalition is asking for...
Today, as we mark Equal Pay Day again in Ontario, it’s necessary to recommit ourselves to the fight for women’s economic empowerment and basic fairness. This year’s sunshine list revealed that among government employees in Ontario, there is still a massive wage gap. Only 25...
April 11, 2017 Ontario Equal Pay Day FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Equal Pay Coalition calls for concrete action. A new Pay Transparency Act to close the gender pay gap The Gender Pay Gap in Ontario is a...
The Equal Pay Coalition calls on the Ontario government to develop a comprehensive strategy to close the gender pay gap–and you can too! Ontario’s ministers of Labour, Finance, Women’s Issues, Economic Development, Education, and Skills Development all have an express mandate to...
On International Women’s Day, March 8, 2017, the Equal Pay Coalition sent Premier Kathleen Wynne a letter calling on her to “commit to take active steps now to close the gender pay gap.” Recommended steps to that goal included:...
As Equal Pay Day 2017 approaches, the Equal Pay Coalition is making a variety of branded products available for purchase. Use the online form to order: Tote bags Stickers Lanyards Buttons ‘Close the Gender Pay Gap’ Rulers Sticky Notes...
For International Women’s Day 2017, the Equal Pay Coalition delivered a basket to Ontario’s women Ministers and those Ministers who have the specific mandate to close the gender pay gap. The package included a few items to help the Ministers take...