A Job Class is Eliminated

Female job classes vanish

If a female job class disappears, any outstanding pay equity adjustments must be paid to each position in this job class at that time.

Male job classes vanish

If a male comparator job class disappears, a new comparator must be found for the female job class it was matched to. If the male job was part of a PV line, this line will need to be recalculated. This created a unique problem for STC in the following situation:

FINANCIAL ANALYST:

The Financial Analyst was the male comparator for the Customer Service Supervisor at the time this job was eliminated. The law required that STC find another male job comparator, but none could be found in the Toronto Head Office pay equity plan.

Pay Equity Maintenance - Concerns/Impact:
To preserve the integrity of the internal compensation structure, the company opted to keep the Financial Analyst job information, job value and job rate on its job list and use it to maintain pay equity for the Customer Service Supervisor job class.

In practical terms, if all male jobs were to get an increase of $1.00/hour, so would this "ghost job - Financial Analyst". Its match, the Customer Service Supervisor would automatically receive the $1.00/hour increase. This was a creative approach and solution that fit STC's internal equity considerations.

Note

STC's solution went beyond the scope of the Act and, at a certain point in the future, this solution may no longer be viable.