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The Act required private sector employers to implement pay equity according to an implementation schedule.

Schedule for the Job-to-Job Method - Public Sector
Employer Size	Posting Date	First Adjustment	Achievement Date
All sizes	January 1/90	January 1/90	no later than January 1/98

Schedule for the Job-to-Job Method - Private Sector
(based on average number of employees in 1987)
Employer Size	Posting Date	First Adjustment	Achievement Date
500 or more	January 1/90	January 1/91	n/a
100 to 499	January 1/91	January 1/92	n/a
* 50 to 99	January 1/92	January 1/93	n/a
* 10 to 49	January 1/93	January 1/94	n/a

* Those employers who chose not to post a pay equity plan should have achieved pay equity on the first adjustment date.

Notes:

Employers with fewer than 10 employees are not required to do pay equity. However, when their employees increase to 10 or more, they must achieve pay equity immediately.
If an employer did not do pay equity on time, pay equity adjustments would apply retroactive to the above dates.
Employers in the 10-99 employee category no longer have the option of posting a plan. Achievement for those who didn't do pay equity is as per the schedule above.

Last modified: April 7, 2008