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.

Combined establishments

21.16(1) Two or more seeking employers agree that, for the purposes of a pay equity plan under this Part, all their employees constitute a single establishment,

(a) if the seeking employers are in the same geographic division; or

(b) if the seeking employers are otherwise entitled to agree under section 2,and the employers shall be considered to be a single employer.