15. (1) In an establishment where no employee is represented by a bargaining agent, the employer shall prepare a pay equity plan for the employer’s establishment and the employer, on or before the mandatory posting date, shall post a copy of the plan in the workplace.
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(2) For the purposes of a pay equity plan required by this section or subsection 14 (8), the employer may decide,
(a) that the establishment of the employer includes two or more geographic divisions; and
(b) that a job class is a female job class or a male job class.
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(b) that a job class is a female job class or a male job class.
(3) An agreement under section 14 between an employer and a bargaining agent shall not affect any pay equity plan required by this section or subsection 14 (8). R.S.O. 1990, c. P.7, s. 15 (1-3).
Employee review
(4) The employees to whom a pay equity plan required by this section or subsection 14 (8) applies shall have until the ninetieth day after the date on which the copy of the plan is posted to review and submit comments to the employer on the plan. R.S.O. 1990,
c. P.7, s. 15 (4); 1993, c. 4, s. 10.
Changes
(5) If as a result of comments received during the review period referred to in subsection (4), the employer is of the opinion that a pay equity plan should be changed, the employer may change the plan.
Posting of notice
(6) Not later than seven days after the end of the review period referred to in subsection (4), the employer shall post in the workplace a notice stating whether the pay equity plan has been amended under this section and, if the plan has been amended, the employer shall also post a copy of the amended plan with the amendments clearly indicated.
Objections
(7) Any employee or group of employees to whom a pay equity plan applies, within thirty days following a posting in respect of the plan under subsection (6), may file a notice of objection with the Commission whether or not the employee or group of employees has submitted comments to the employer under subsection (4).
Deemed approval and first adjustments
(8) If no objection in respect of a pay equity plan is filed with the Commission under subsection (7), the plan shall be deemed to have been approved by the Commission and, on the day provided for in the plan, the employer shall make the first adjustments in compensation required to achieve pay equity. R.S.O. 1990, c. P.7, s. 15 (5-8).