Short Bio

The Space Toy Co. manufactures miniature and mid-size space and galactic toys for the 4-12 year-old market. This small Ontario-based company has production facilities in Belleville, Kingston and Sarnia, as well as in Drummondville, Quebec.

Who's covered

The Pay Equity Act covers all Ontario employees of this employer only. Employees in the province of Quebec are covered by that province's pay equity legislation.

Location

The Space Toy Co.'s Head Office is located on Dundas St. West in Toronto. Two small plants in Belleville and Kingston have been in operation for 15 years. There is also a separate 10-person office in downtown Kingston. Sarnia's state-of-the-art facility utilizes high-tech digital processes and has an active e-commerce department.

Establishment

All of STC's locations were in different regional municipalities. STC could have chosen to make each location into a single establishment or combined some or all of them together. STC decided that there would be three establishments: Toronto; Belleville/Kingston; and Sarnia. These establishments proceeded separately to provide for pay equity for their employees. The job classes and job evaluation process contained in this overview and in the complete case study is for the workers at STC's Toronto Head Office only.

The future

Plans are underway to open a new plant in Windsor in 2005. STC knows pay equity will have to be put in place immediately for those employees. Pay equity implementation and maintenance plans are underway for this future facility.

Job classes at STC

Go to the next page to view the list of female and male job classes at the Space Toy Co.