Employment equity and workplace diversity

The Act requires federally regulated employers to move toward a more representative work force by developing and implementing an employment equity plan.

Under the Employment Equity Act, First Nations are a designated group , along with women, visible minorities, and people with physical or mental disabilities.

Employment Act (Cap 160)

The Employment Contracts Act

Foreign Nationals (Employment) Act

The Pay Equity Act was adopted in 1996.

In 2002 2003, employment equity grants were provided to increase women's employment in the petroleum industry.

Employment of Minorities (Promotion) Act

Contributing to increased social equity by improving indigenous peoples' income levels and employment opportunities in the wider Australian employment market

The federal government is now developing a revised Employment Equity Policy that will, as required by law, extend the duty to accommodate to all groups protected by the Canadian Human Rights Act.

As a result, the Diversity and Employment Equity Policy was developed in May 2002.

The Employment Contracts Act prohibits the employers, in hiring and entering into employment contracts, discriminate against persons applying for employment.

Ireland's far reaching equality legislation included the Employment Equality Act 1998 and the Equal Status Act 2000.

Indeed pregnant women are afforded substantial protection under the Employment Act.

The Pay Equity Act originally provided for a proxy comparison method for public sector jobs, which was subsequently struck from the Act in 1996.

On January 9, 2004, the Superieur Court declared Chapter IX of the Pay Equity Act unconstitutional.

The PEI Pay Equity Act was proclaimed in 1988 and was limited to public sector employers.

In the period 2000 2004, Canada had a labour force of 17 million people, of which 10 million belonged to the four groups designated under the federal Employment Equity Act women, Aboriginal peoples, visible minorities and persons with disabilities.

The government has provided financial support to help departments and agencies implement employment equity across the federal Public Service.

The Public Service Commission is responsible for the administration of employment equity for the public service of Nova Scotia.

Reaffirms the commitment to employment policies that promote full and productive employment and decent work for all under conditions of equity, equality, security and dignity, and also reaffirms that employment creation should be incorporated into macroeconomic policies

Employment policies should promote decent work under conditions of equity, security and dignity, and incorporate job creation into macroeconomic policy.

9. Reaffirms the commitment to employment policies that promote full and productive employment and decent work for all under conditions of equity, equality, security and dignity, and also reaffirms that employment creation should be incorporated into macroeconomic policies

The protection of maternity in Estonia is guaranteed by the Employment Contracts Act, the Public Service Act, the Working and Rest Time Act, the Holidays Act, the Health Insurance Act, the Social Tax Act, the Child Benefits Act and the State Pension Insurance Act.

Since the implementation of the Pay Equity Act, progress has been made in closing the gap in salaries.

As a result, affected companies will have to conform to all the regulations of the Pay Equity Act.

2.9 Part VIII of the Employment Act provides for conditions pertaining to the Employment of Women and Young Persons and states that

The Equal Treatment in Employment (Age Discrimination) Act prohibits discrimination on the grounds of age in employment, the professions and vocational training.

16. Also reaffirms the commitment to employment policies that promote full and productive employment and decent work for all under conditions of equity, equality, security and dignity, and further reaffirms that employment creation should be incorporated into macroeconomic policies

However, despite their significant contributions to employment, SMEs have traditionally faced difficulty in obtaining finance both through credit and equity arrangements.

Under the Employment Insurance Act, the Canada Employment Insurance Commission has established Employment Benefits and Support Measures (EBSM) that provide active measures designed to assist unemployed Canadians return to work.

Where domestic staff are concerned, the Foreign Nationals (Employment) Act must remain fully applicable.

The Income and Employment Support Act, which came into force in November 2004 and replaced the Social Assistance Act (1977), provides enabling legislation that will facilitate the integration of employment interventions with the Income Support Program.

The Employment Act prohibits employment of persons under specific ages such as the prohibition of young persons under 18 years to work to ships.

In addition to the Employment Equality Act and the Equal Status Act he had just mentioned, equality was promoted by an Equality Authority.

Members of visible minority groups were added as a designated group for employment equity purposes in 1993 and were surveyed in 1994.

Issues of poor productive investment and policies for growth with equity, with special emphasis on expanding employment opportunities, should be urgently addressed.

Over all, 64 percent of Québec businesses of all sizes covered by the Pay Equity Act have completed their work.

Since 1997, the purpose of the Pay Equity Act is to redress differences in compensation due to systemic gender discrimination.

Consequently, the employer would not have to undertake a new pay equity process under the general provisions of the Act.

The Income and Employment Supports Act, implemented in 2004, provides for the following new benefits

Direct and indirect discrimination based on gender is also prohibited by the Employment Contracts Act.

The grievance system established by the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act coexists with the settlement mechanism established by the Canadian Human Rights Act.

1.7 The Employment Act does, however, limit opportunities for women in paid work in various ways.