More work needed on report about pay equity: Status of Women Council

    Monday, 8 May 2023 16:56

    By Tonya Organ

    Paula Sheppard-Thibeau

    The Corner Brook Status of Women believes more time and changes are needed on a report about pay equity.

    Executive Director Paula Sheppard-Thibeau says over the past month, members of the Provincial Action Network on the Status of Women (PANSOW) have taken part in consultations about Bill 3: An Act Respecting Pay Equity for the Public Sector and Pay Transparency for the Public and Private Sectors. She says the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour (NLFL), has also recommended a rewrite of Bill 3 to better serve women and other marginalized workers. Sheppard-Thibeau says pay equity is recognized as a fundamental human right internationally, but not here in the province. She says pay equity should also be applied to contract work. Sheppard-Thibeau says there is still enough time to go back and have the bill re-drafted 

    Read the full submission here: https://bit.ly/3B2GuL9

    NLFL's report here: https://www.nlfl.nf.ca/pay-equity

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