Female Employees Equal Pay Act
- The Female Employees Equal Pay Act (1956), was a federal legislation that prohibited employers from paying a female employee at a rate any less than their male counterpart doing the same or substantially similar work.
- This legislation followed shortly behind some provincial equal pay legislations such as the ones in Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia.
Citation
Canada. Female Employees Equal Pay Act, 1956, 4-5 Elizabeth II, c. 38, p. 257-262. https://historyofrights.ca/wp-content/uploads/statutes/CN_Female_Em.pdf
Further Readings
For a UN Document on the Policies, Initiatives and Tools to promote women's economic empowerment in the workforce in Canada: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/---emp_ent/---multi/documents/briefingnote/wcms_724855.pdf
Overlapping Topics
Economy
Policy Sub-Topic
Policy Type
Federal Statute