Pay Equity committee  We need to create a framework that allows the parties to resolve their disagreements voluntarily through means that really empower the parties to be able to collaborate through conciliation, through facilitated discussion, perhaps combine mediation and adjudication. We really nee

Pay Equity committee  Do you mean market forces?

Pay Equity committee  Market forces is a broad term. Historically, market forces have been influenced by factors such as occupational segregation of work and gender-biased stereotypes. While labour shortages can be and have been, under the Equal Wages Guidelines and the Canadian Human Rights Act, cons

Pay Equity committee  I will take your question, but I can't speak to it myself as I'm not a classification pay equity expert, but I will certainly respond in written form.

Pay Equity committee  It's work of equal value.

Pay Equity committee  A preliminary comparison of the current wages being paid to the FI group was done, using male comparator groups. It demonstrated that the FI job class are paid between 2% and 16% less wages than are paid to the male comparator groups. The percentages are distributed between diffe

Pay Equity committee  I have not calculated that and I don't have the answer to that question, but I can certainly hold your question and get back to you in writing.

Pay Equity committee  On a narrower issue, the need for a new pay equity model now is because of the current transitional provisions under the budget implementation act. Despite receiving royal assent, PSECA is not yet in force. The current complaints fall under the transitional provisions. Under thes

Pay Equity committee  In the current complaint-based...under the Canadian Human Rights Act currently [Inaudible—Editor] guidelines and the transitional provisions.

Pay Equity committee  Yes.

Pay Equity committee  We filed our current complaint under the transitional provision of the budget implementation act. We were working under the current legal frameworks that are available to us.

Pay Equity committee  Certainly, and ACFO is always open to collaborating and working jointly to try to settle pay equity.

Pay Equity committee  The option of selecting from a dual-track system would be once a complaint is filed, and there would be a possibility potentially for these complex cases to go through a more traditional route. In terms of the fast track, if there are pay equity issues that can be dealt with and

Pay Equity committee  Yes. That's correct.

Pay Equity committee  I'm processing some of the information you mentioned. Having a pay equity committee in the workplace with a mandate, and obligating bargaining agents, employees, and all stakeholders to take part in that review, which would be ongoing, would be a process where pay equity is being