Pay Equity

Legislation

Pay Equity Act
Older statutes available for consultation in the library

Policy and practice

Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal rules and forms
Information Bulletins help to interpret the rules and forms

Decisions

Decisions of the Pay Equity Commission are confidential and not released to the public.

Tribunal decisions are also available from CanLII (partial collection from 1989, and comprehensively from 2007- ).  Decisions are also available to QL subscribers in the Ontario Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal decisions database.

Other resources of note

The Pay Equity Commission's website is an important vehicle to educate the general public about pay equity and to inform employers, employees and unions about their roles, rights and responsibilities under the Pay Equity Act.

The Library houses a collection of documents created by the Pay Equity Commission for workers and employers. We also keep a collection of the studies and government documents which were written to support the development of the Pay Equity Act.

Cheryl Elliott's 2-volume book, Ontario's Equity Laws includes information on pay and employment equity. It is available for consultation in the Reserves section of the library.