Ontario Tackles the Gender Wage Gap

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Right now, according to the 2017 Global Gender Gap Report, gender parity is over 200 years away. There is no better time than now for professionals and business owners to act. So, the Province of Ontario has proposed a new Women's Economic Empowerment Strategy. This is a Canadian first and will work towards closing the gender wage gap in Ontario. If the legislation is passed, this is what would be new...

Ensure Compensation is based on Job Requirements & Candidate Qualifications

  • Require all publicly advertised job positings to include a salary rate or range
  • Bar employers from asking a job candidate about their past compensation 
  • Prohibit reprisals against employees who discuss or disclose compensation 
  • Establish a framework to require larger employers to track and report compensation gaps based on gender and other diversity factors (Once fully implemented, employers would be required to publicly post that data within their own work places and report them to the province) 

$50 Million in Funding over the Next Three Years

  • Expand and strengthen women's centres, which provide skills training and a variety of supports to women -- including immigrant, racialized and women experiencing, or at risk of, violence
  • Reinforce measures to promote women in corporate leadership
  • Increase women's access to training and mentorship opportunities
  • Better support women entrepreneurs — including helping young women develop an entrepreneurial mindset, and creating the Ontario Women's Entrepreneurship Association
  • Launch a social awareness campaign to break down gender stereotypes and promote gender equality at work, at home and in communities.

This strategy is part of Ontario's plan to create fairness and opportunity during economic change. Learn more here. 

 

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