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Contributed to The Globe and MailJosie Rudderham is co-owner of Cake and Loaf Bakery in Hamilton, and is a member of the Better Way Alliance, a network of Ontario business owners who consider employee well-being a smart investment.
Looking at the provincial data, we have a well-known pay equity problem in workplaces. The wage gap has been in decline since the 1970s, but it now averages out to around 11 per cent, with women earning 89 cents for every $1 earned by men. Even though pay equity is already part of our laws – it is illegal to discriminate based on gender – I look at my daughter and can’t believe I have to explain to her that the wage gap still exists.We need to do something about it.
I have a staff of 20, so I wouldn’t have been required to do the annual reporting on the gender wage gap under the act’s rules – that was reserved for companies of 100-plus. However, we do think about equity for our staff and we see the benefits. Gender equity isn’t just about pay – there are many other considerations. It’s about fully accommodating people’s pregnancies, parental leave, sick leave, family leave and child-rearing duties.
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