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.

Plan binding

In this section

Plan to prevail

21.5 (1) A pay equity plan prepared or amended under this Part binds the employer and the employees to whom the plan applies and their bargaining agent, if any.

Plan to prevail

(2) A pay equity plan prepared or amended under this Part prevails over all relevant collective agreements and the adjustments to rates of compensation required by the plan shall be deemed to be incorporated into and form part of the relevant collective agreements. 1993, c. 4, s. 12.