Restructuring Pay Equity for A Restructured Work Force

Canadian Perspectives

Bibliographic Data

ID12310201
AuthorsPat Armstrong (0000-0001-5742-9375, Carleton University, corresponding author), Mary Cornish
Year1997
Volume4
Issue2
Pages67-86
Publication date1997-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGender Work and Organization (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0968-6673 • E-ISSN: 1468-0432
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-0432.00025
OpenAlexW1979698810
LanguageEN
Citations received6

The province of Ontario, Canada, has developed innovative pay and employment equity legislation. The legal challenges over the pay equity legislation have established some important precedents, especially in the area of gender bias and job evaluation schemes. The Employment Equity legislation established important new principles but was repealed only a year after it was passed by a new Conservative government. The government and economic restructuring, however, are rapidly altering both the legislation and the context in which it operates. This paper considers not only the impact of such legislation in the long and short run, but also the possibilities for future legislative intervention in the new political and economic climate. One of the authors has been centrally involved in developing the legislation, in mapping alternatives and in bringing legal challenges under the legislation. The other author has been researching and writing about women’s work for more than twenty years and has served as an expert witness in numerous cases related to the issues of concern here

Business · Economic policy · Economics · Equity (law · Government (linguistics · Legislation · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Restructuring · Canadian Policy and Governance · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration · Social Sciences and Governance

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