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Human Resources committee May I add to that?
October 18th, 2018Committee meeting
Seema Lamba
Human Resources committee I was just going to say that in the employment realm, costs are often not really valid, because it generally costs $500 or less for accommodating people with disabilities. There is actually an attitudinal barrier where people say, “Oh no, it's going to cost a lot.” If you look in
October 18th, 2018Committee meeting
Seema Lamba
Human Resources committee I'll start, and then Marianne can add to it. There have been references to Ontario, Nova Scotia and Manitoba. They don't have employment equity acts, so the accessibility plan kind of makes sense. It doesn't make sense in the federal realm, because we have the Employment Equity
October 18th, 2018Committee meeting
Seema Lamba
Status of Women committee I don't know.
May 14th, 2014Committee meeting
Seema Lamba
May 14th, 2014Committee meeting
Seema Lamba
Status of Women committee We can get back to you on that, if you're interested.
May 14th, 2014Committee meeting
Seema Lamba
Status of Women committee It's $50,000, but I forget whether it's a day or....
May 14th, 2014Committee meeting
Seema Lamba
Status of Women committee An individual can file a pay equity complaint, which is actually pretty much impossible. The reason unions file pay equity cases is that it takes a lot of resources and analysis and expertise to do it. For an individual to do it, it will be very, very difficult.
May 14th, 2014Committee meeting
Seema Lamba
Status of Women committee There is some difference, but I'm going to be honest, it isn't a significant difference if that's what you're looking for. There are some differences province by province, and there would be different reasons for it. We can get back to you on that if you want.
May 14th, 2014Committee meeting
Seema Lamba
Status of Women committee I'm not sure whether or not that process would allow that; I'm not sure.
May 14th, 2014Committee meeting
Seema Lamba
Status of Women committee Actually, I'd have to look into that. We can get back to you on that. Right now, I....
May 14th, 2014Committee meeting
Seema Lamba
Status of Women committee The information that we have, what we do know, is that when Quebec instituted their child care there was quite a bit of an increase of women participating in the workplace. What we do know now is that seven out of 10 kids in Quebec under five have access to publicly-regulated spa
May 14th, 2014Committee meeting
Seema Lamba
Status of Women committee I'm just going to give you some statistics from a 2011 Public Service Employee Survey, where women responded—
May 14th, 2014Committee meeting
Seema Lamba
Status of Women committee I'm just looking in here because I actually have the rates of harassment and discrimination.
May 14th, 2014Committee meeting
Seema Lamba
Status of Women committee If you look at the employment equity annual report it would show the representation gap at the executive level. That would be where you would have—
May 14th, 2014Committee meeting
Seema Lamba