Guide to Understanding
the Pay Equity Act

Download: Guide to Understanding the Pay Equity Act

Disclaimer: This Guide gives an overview of the minimum requirements of the Pay Equity Act as interpreted by the Pay Equity Office. The interpretations are drawn from our own experiences and by applying the key rulings of the Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal and the courts and is current to the date of publication.

8.6 How do employers deal with new female job classes?

When a new female job class is created, it should be described, valued and compared using the gender neutral job comparison system or tool that was previously used to implement pay equity so that the new class is paid as much as their male comparator from the start.