Bill 205 — Fkst Session, 22Nd Legislature, 38 Elizabedi Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 205 An Act To Provide For Equal Pay For Work of Equal Value (Legislature 22, Session 1)

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1989 BILL 205 Fkst Session, 22nd Legislature, 38 Elizabedi II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 205

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR EQUAL PAY FOR WORK OF EQUAL VALUE MS. M.LAEN0' First Reading .... Second Reading • •»«.««<'•*>« ««'«ie]i'«.> Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent .

Bill 205 Ms. M. Laing BILL 205 1989

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR EQUAL PAY FOR WORK OF EQUAL VALUE (Assented to , 1989) HER MAJESTY, by and witii die advice and consent of die Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as foUows: 1 The Individual's Rights Protection Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 6 is amended, (

a) by repealing subsections (1), (2) and (3) and substituting: 6(1) No employer shall estabUsh or maintain a difference in the rate of pay between male and female employees employed in the same estabUshment who are performing work of equal or substantially equal value.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) in assessing the value of work performed by employees employed in the same establishment the criterion to be appUed is the composite of the skiU, effort and responsibiUty required in the performance of the work and the conditions under which the work is performed.

(3) Separate establishments estabUshed or mamtained by an employer solely or principally for the purpose of estabUshing or maintaining a difference in the rate of pay between male and female employees shall be deemed for the purposes of this

section to be a single establishment.

Explanatory Notes 1 This Bill wiU amend

chapter 1-2 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2

Section 6(1), (2) and (3) presendy reads: 6(1) No employer shall (

a) employ a female employee for any work at a rate of pay that is less than the rate of pay at which a male employee is employed by that employer for sirrdlar or substantially similar work in the same establishment, or (

b) employ a male employee for any work at a rate of pay that is less them the rate of pay at which a female employee is employed by that employer for similar or substantially similar work in the same establishment.

(2) In sidjsection (1) "establishment" mecms a place of busmess where an undertaking or part of an imdertaking is carried on.

(3) Work for which a female employee is employed and work for which a male employee is employed shall be deemed to be similar or substarUially similar if the job, duties or services the employees are called on to perform are similar or substantially similar.

(3.1) In subsections (1) to (3) "estabUshment" means a place of business where an undertaking or part of an undertaking is carried on, and (

b) by adding at the end of it:

(7) In this section, "rate of pay" means aU remuneration and benefits payable for work performed by the individual and includes salary, commission, vacation pay, termination pay, bonuses, reasonable value of board or accommodation suppUed or any subsidy provided thereon, payments in kind, and the value of employer contributions to a pension plan, a long-term disability plan or a healdi insurance plan and any other advantage received directiy or indkectiy from the individual's employer.

(8) This

section applies to employees of die Public Service of Alberta employed: (

a) in a department of Government; (

b) in the Legislative Assembly Office; and (

c) in any other part of the Public Service of Alberta.

(9) This

section appUes to every employer who enters into or continues a contract widi the Crown in right of Alberta, other than a contract for a single retaU transaction or the supply of a service in a single instance. 3(1) This Act comes into force on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

(2) No provision of this Act shall be proclaimed unless, prior to the Proclamation, a resolution has been passed by the Legislative Assembly which authorizes the proposed commencement date of the provision.

3 Coming into force. Title: 1989 (22nd, 1st) Bill 205,

An Act to Provide for Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value

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