The Equal Pay Coalition welcomes today’s announcement that Ontario has passed the Pay Transparency Act. “Pay transparency gives Ontario workers an important new tool to close the gender pay gap and enforce equal pay rights for part-time, seasonal and...
Yesterday (February 18) marked the first day of hearings in the largest active pay equity case in the country. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is in arbitration with Canada Post over the pay gap between Rural and...
You have a unique opportunity to make real change to close the gender pay gap. As Bill 148 goes into its second reading, the Ontario Equal Pay Coalition calls on Madame Premier, and Ministers Flynn and Naidoo-Harris to close...
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...
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:...
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...
A report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, authored by Equal Pay Coalition Chair Mary Cornish, reveals that the average pay gap between men and women stands at 29.4 per cent in Ontario — a gap...