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The Space Toy Co.
Pay Equity Plan - Toronto


Employer

The Space Toy Co.
Dundas Street West,
Toronto ON M7A 2H8

Date of posting and pay equity adjustments

The Space Toy Co. posted the following pay equity plan on February 15, 1991. Pay equity adjustments are to begin January 1, 1992.

Establishment

This plan refers to Establishment # 1, Toronto Head Office, located at the above address.

Job Classes covered by the plan

This plan covers all non-union job classes (there are no bargaining units at this location/establishment) of the Space Toy Co. whose employees work in the geographic division of Metro Toronto. This is the only plan covering the employees working in Metro Toronto.

The list of female and male job classes

 Female Job Classes

 Administration Manager
 Accounting Manager
 Global Markets Specialist
 Digital Markets Specialist
 Customer Service Supervisor
 Administrative Assistant
 Secretary
 Customer Service Clerk
 Accounting Clerk
 Receptionist/Typist

 Male Job Classes

 General Manager
 Marketing Director
 Controller
 Sales Representative
 SalesManager
 Accountant
 Financial Analyst
 Service/ Systems Technician

Method of comparison

A gender neutral job comparison system is used to measure the value of the work performed by each job class. Points are assigned to each job class and values determined for all jobs based on the factors of Skill, Effort, Responsibility and Working conditions.

A committee carried out job evaluations.

Jobs of equal or comparable value were determined by dividing the system into fixed point bands, 75 points wide.

Pay equity adjustments

The law requires that 1% of the previous year's payroll be used for pay equity adjustments every year until pay equity is achieved. One percent of the company's 1991 total Ontario payroll will be spent on pay equity adjustments in 1992. The estimated 1991 payroll for the Space Toy Company is $16,106,000. The estimated amount to be spent in 1992 for pay equity is $161,060. to be distributed amongst all the Ontario locations (Toronto, Belleville, Kingston and Sarnia). Approximately twenty percent of this amount ($32,212.) was set aside for pay equity adjustments at Toronto Head Office.

Comparison results

Following are the female job classes that found male comparators; their male comparator job classes; the total pay equity adjustment needed in each case; the 1992 adjustment and the balance to be paid January 1, 1993 (STC has decided to close the wage gaps and achieve pay equity within two years):

Female Job Class Comparator
Male Job Class
Pay Equity Adjustment
Adjust-
ments
1992
Adjust-
ments
1993
Administration Manager Sales Manager
$1.00/hr
1.00
 
Accounting Manager Sales Manager
$2.00/hr
1.00
1.00
Global Markets Specialist Sales Representative
$1.00/hr
1.00
 
Digital Markets Specialist Sales Representative
$1.00/hr
1.00
 
Customer Service Supervisor Financial Analyst
$2.00/hr
1.00
1.00
Administrative Assistant Service/ Systems Technician
$2.00/hr
1.75
0.25
Secretary Service/ Systems Technician
$4.00/hr
2.90
1.05

* The Act states that the female job class with the lowest job rate (Secretary) shall receive increases that are greater than the increases for other female job classes until that job rate is equal to the job rate of the next lowest-paid female job class or the job rate required to achieve pay equity.

As required by law, every female job class that is owed an adjustment must be adjusted each year or until pay equity is achieved for that female job class.

Every position in a job class receives the same adjustment in dollar terms.

Objection period for non-union employees under the Pay Equity Act

  • As of the posting date, February 15, 1991, employees have 90 days to raise concerns about the plan to the Pay Equity Committee.
  • Following this 90-day period, the company has 7 days to re-post a revised plan or post a notice saying there will be no revisions.
  • After this, any employee has 30 days to bring an objection to the Pay Equity Commission.
  • If no objection is received by the Pay Equity Commission by the end of this 90-7-30 day appeal period, this plan is deemed approved and will be implemented.

For further information, contact _____________________ with the Pay Equity Committee. Or call the Pay Equity Commission at 1-800-387-8813.


OTHER SALARY INCREASES

The following internal wage increases are not required by the Act, are not included in the pay equity plan, are not paid out of the above 1% payroll amount and are not pay equity adjustments.

There are no male comparator jobs for the following female job classes, but internal wage adjustments in keeping with the overall compensation system were given to:


Customer Service Clerk $1.00/hr
Accounting Clerk $1.00/hr
Receptionist/Typist $1.00/hr


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