21.10 (1) If a pay equity plan is prepared or amended under this Part, the employer shall make the first adjustments in compensation in respect of the new or amended portions of the plan,
(a) in the case of employers in the private sector with 100 or more employees, effective as of the 1st day of January, 1993;
(b) in the case of employers in the public sector, effective as of the 1st day of January, 1993;
(c) in the case of employers in the private sector with at least fifty but fewer than 100 employees, effective as of the 1st day of January, 1993;
(d) in the case of employers in the private sector with at least ten but fewer than fifty employees, on or before the 1st day of January, 1994.
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(2) An employer described in clause (1) (a), (b) or (c) shall make the first payment in respect of the first adjustment within six months after the coming into force of this Part. 1993, c. 4, s. 12.
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(2.1) A public sector employer that did not have employees on the effective date but that had employees on July 1, 1993 shall make the first payment in respect of the first adjustment within six months after the coming into force of this subsection. 1994, c. 27,
s. 121 (4).
Application of certain provisions
(3) Subsections 13 (3) to (8) apply, with necessary modifications, to compensation payable under a pay equity plan prepared or amended under this Part.
Deemed compliance
(4) Every employer who prepares or amends a pay equity plan under this Part and implements it shall be deemed not to be in contravention of subsection 7 (1) with respect to those employees covered by the plan or plans that apply to the employees but only with respect to those compensation practices that existed immediately before the 1st day of January, 1993. 1993, c. 4, s. 12.
Credit for payments
(5) A payment made under a plan described in subsection 21.1 (2) before this subsection comes into force shall be taken into account in determining whether the employer has complied with this Act. 1994, c. 27, s. 121 (4).