Thank you, Chair.
This is a recommendation that came from testimony from the Teamsters union. They consider this to be one of the most important amendments to division 14 of this bill. This is again talking about the diverse needs of employers. They recommend that this section be added, so it would read, “No employer, employee organization, trade union or member of a pay equity committee may” in the exercise of their rights or duties under the act “act in bad faith or in an arbitrary or discriminatory manner or [exhibit] gross negligence” with regard to employees.
I think the recommendation stands. All committee members heard the Teamsters' testimony. Again, these are people who have been working with the legislation in other provinces. They're bringing their best experience to bear and hoping to have the experience of the provincial legislation influence what will be very important federal pay equity legislation.