1 total
The Pay Equity Act requires equalization of the maximum job rate, not entire wage grids.
The applicant union sought an order requiring the employer hospital to adjust the wage grids for female job classes in its clerical bargaining unit to mirror the wage grids for male comparator job classes in its service bargaining unit, including the rate of progression through the grid.
The Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal dismissed the application, finding that the Pay Equity Act only requires adjustments to the 'job rate' (the highest rate of compensation available to a job class) to achieve pay equity.
The Act does not mandate the equalization of entire wage grids or rates of progression below the job rate, which remain matters for collective bargaining.
