The move is not ambitious enough, according to advocates who are calling for a pay equity law to require employers to close the gap
The gender pay gap in British Columbia is one of the worst in the country – women earn on average 17 per cent less than their male colleagues for similar work. Ahead of International Women’s Day on Wednesday, the provincial government is expected to introduce a proposed pay transparency law that it says will “shine a light on the gender pay gap.”
At that time, the government concluded that “pay equity for women will not be achieved without legislation.” The coalition is calling for wage transparency – also known as a sunshine list – but also enforceable legislation that requires employers to work toward closing the compensation gap for people who are marginalized because they are Indigenous, Black, racialized, a migrant, have a disability or because of their gender.
In a discussion paper tabled last year, the B.C. government outlined its plans to tackle pay equity, acknowledging that the province is one of just a handful in Canada – alongside Alberta and Saskatchewan – without either pay transparency or pay equity legislation. Alberta is ranked 10th among the provinces, but all three provinces without pay equity laws rank lowest in Canada based on median hourly wages in all occupations.
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