Observation (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

1. The Committee notes the detailed report communicated by the Government, and the further progress achieved in the implementation of the principle of the Convention.

2. The Committee notes with satisfaction the entry into force of pay equity legislation applying to the public sector in several provinces: in Nova Scotia on 25 May 1988, in Prince Edward Island on 1 October 1988 and in New Brunswick on 22 June 1989. It notes that the new legislation in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island are intended to remove discrimination based on male or female-dominated classes of employment. As concerns Nova Scotia, it notes that it is intended to extend the pay equity legislation to the private sector through legislation to be introduced no later than the 1992 session of the legislature. Please provide information in the next report on the progress achieved in these and other cases in the implementation in practice of this principle.

3. Further to its previous observation, the Committee notes that the proposals made by the Canadian Human Rights Commission to reform equal pay legislation at the federal level remain at the discussion stage. The Committee asks the Government to keep it informed of the progress of these discussions.