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Canada: Equal Pay Coalition calls for 12 action steps

October 26, 2015

The Equal Pay Coalition called for the implementation of 12 action steps to closes Ontario’s gender pay gap from 31.5% to 0% by 2025. The announcement comes at the same time as the government’s Gender Wage Gap Steering Committee today launched public consultations in Toronto.

“Governments and businesses need to start acting now on these steps so that the labor market finally operates with equal outcomes for men and women,” said Equal Pay Coalition Chair Mary Cornish.

The 12 steps are:

  • Treat closing the gender pay gap as a human rights priority
  • Raise awareness through annual Equal Pay Days and education
  • Develop the “Close the gender pay gap by 2025 Plan”
  • Enforce and expand pay equity laws
  • Implement employment equity laws and policies
  • Promote access to collective bargaining
  • Increase the minimum wage
  • Provide affordable and accessible child care
  • Mainstream equity compliance into government laws and policies
  • Mainstream equity compliance into workplaces and businesses
  • End violence and harassment of women
  • Secure decent work for women across the economic spectrum

The Equal Pay Coalition’s member groups represent women who experience gender pay gaps across the province in the public and private sector. Formed in 1976, it includes more 39 constituent and partner groups.