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 |
|