Ontario’s Pay Equity Act

with Selected Case References, 2022

Download: Ontario’s Pay Equity Act with Selected Case References, 2022

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.

Application

3. (1) This Act applies to all employers in the private sector in Ontario who employ ten or more employees, all employers in the public sector, the employees of employers to whom this Act applies and to their bargaining agents, if any.

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(2) If at any time after the coming into force of this Act an employer employs ten or more employees in Ontario, this Act applies with respect to the employer although the number of employees is subsequently reduced to fewer than ten. R.S.O. 1990, c. P.7, s. 3.