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7. Which option best ensures gender neutrality?

Patrick is the Labour Relations Manager with Dallas Dungarees Manufacturing Inc., a clothing designer and manufacturer in Windsor, Ontario. The Union has notified him that they want to negotiate the gender neutral comparison system (GNCS) for the bargaining unit. Which option best ensures gender neutrality?
	The parties could agree to use a job evaluation system which has been carefully developed for, and widely used in the auto industry in Windsor, and thus is sensitive to the local economy.
	The employer can notify the union that it intends to send the management team off on a retreat to discuss and evaluate jobs.
	The company, working with the union, can get job information from employees, identify how it values the work carried out in the establishment, and adapt one or more systems to the work carried out in the organization.
	The parties can purchase another system which, according to its vendor, has been approved by the Pay Equity Commission.

(a) Try Again
A system that works well in the automotive industry may not be suitable for a clothing designer and manufacturer. A gender neutral system must capture all of the work done by both male and female job classes in a pay equity plan. It should also reflect the goals, services, products and values of an organization which may be very different in different industries. (b) Try Again
The Union and the employer must negotiate. Employees may be the best source for information about job duties. A gender neutral system must capture all of the work done by both male and female job classes in a pay equity plan. It should also reflect the goals, services, products and values of an organization which may be very different in different industries. (c) Correct
These steps are optimal. Employees may be the best source for information about job duties. A gender neutral system must capture all of the work done by both male and female job classes in a pay equity plan. It should also reflect the goals, services, products and values of an organization which may be very different in different industries. The employer and the union should discuss the subfactors important in work performed. (d) Try Again
The Pay Equity Commission does not approve any system, although it will assist workplace parties in analyzing whether a selected system is responsive to the jobs it is meant to evaluate.