Pay Equity Office v. Community Living Guelph Wellington, 2015 CanLII 52563

Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal

PEHT Case No: 1069-14-PE

Pay Equity Office, Applicant v Community Living Guelph Wellington, Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4392, Respondents

BEFORE: Patrick Kelly, Alternate Chair, Ann Burke and Carol Phillips, Members

DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL: August 14, 2015

Decision

1This is a referral to the Tribunal for enforcement of a Review Officer’s Order under the Pay Equity Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.7, as amended.

2In a decision dated April 1, 2015 (“the Decision”), we made a number of orders against Community Living Guelph Wellington (“the employer”). In a subsequent request for reconsideration, the employer requested an alteration to one of our orders at paragraph 4(iv) of the Decision. In its response to the request for reconsideration, Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4392 indicated that it did not oppose the employer’s proposed alteration. The Pay Equity Office did not file a response to the request for reconsideration.

3In these circumstances, we are prepared to amend the Decision. Paragraph 4(iv) of the Decision is amended to read:

that the employer purchase a quarter-page advertisement in the Guelph Mercury and the Wellington Advertiser newspapers entitled “Notice to Former Employees of Community Living Guelph Wellington Regarding Payment of Pay Equity”. The body of the advertisement is to request former employees who worked for Community Living Guelph Wellington since April 1, 2014 to contact Community Living Guelph Wellington to determine whether any pay equity retroactivity is owed to them. The advertisement is to contain the telephone, mail and email contacts for the Employer and identify the individuals who will provide information to the former employees. The same advertisement is to be run in the newspapers on three consecutive Wednesdays with the first advertisement commencing within 30 days of the date of this decision.

4Furthermore, the employer’s obligation to place the advertisement as set out in paragraph 4(iv) of the Decision is hereby extended to 30 days from the date of this decision.