Maintaining Pay Equity

This section explains the principles of maintaining pay equity through
examples and possible scenarios.

Introducing Pay Equity Maintenance Principles

Pay equity is not meant to be a one-time effort. The Pay Equity Act states that pay equity must be achieved and maintained.

Pay equity can be maintained through good compensation management, with salary administration that is consistent, fair and applied in a gender-neutral way.

A fair and equitable salary structure, the details of which are communicated clearly to employees, will maintain pay equity effectively. It can also:

let employees know that everyone is treated fairly;
provide supervisors with guidelines on giving salary increases in a consistent way;
help in monitoring salary and benefit costs.

Where employees are represented by a bargaining agent, the employer and the bargaining agent are involved in the maintenance process.

In this part of the case study, you will find information on:

the principles of pay equity maintenance;
frequently asked questions on maintenance;
the most common maintenance scenarios, with examples; and,
things to look out for when there's a sale of a business.

Last modified: April 7, 2008