Day One: Wednesday, October 13, 2021
10:00 EDT
15 minWelcome and Opening Remarks from the Chair
10:15 EDT
45 minPay Equity in Context: Challenges, Goals and Impacts
Diversity, inclusion and equal pay may have taken a back seat in the past, but with Covid newly highlighting the plight of women, pay equity is more important than ever. This session will cover
- Stats and fact on the wage gap
- Current circumstances and the impact of Covid on male/female inequalities
- Weaknesses of complaint driven pay equity
- Pay equity as a tool in creating a diverse and inclusive workplace
- Understanding the big picture so that every step in the process makes sense
11:00 EDT
45 minThe Pay Equity Process: Project Management, Timetables and Work Plans
- The pay equity exercise: what’s involved?
- Considerations in conducting a privileged and confidential pay equity review
- Allocating time and resources to manage costs and keep the project on track
- Effective communications
- Project scheduling
- Processes, steps, tools and techniques involved in planning and analyzing Pay Equity
- Why projects are late and/or over budget
11:45 EDT
45 minWhat You Need to Know about Constituting a Committee: Where, When, Who and How?
Jennifer Hodgins, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright, Canada LLP
- Requirements for larger and unionized employers
- When is establishing a committee optional?
- Who must be represented on the committee?
- How many women must be on the committee?
- What about non-unionized employees?
- Challenges
12:30 EDT
45 minBreak
13:15 EDT
195 minHands-on Mock Pay Equity Analysis
Find out what you can do now for a head start, prior to the Act coming into force.
Then work through a fact situation based on the strict requirements for how employers MUST measure a job’s worth to the organization for purposes of compensation including:
- Identification of Job Classes Within the Workplace
- Determining Gender Predominance in Each Class
- Determining the Value of Work Performed By Each Class: Equal Average Method
- Determining the Value of Work Performed By Each Class: Equal Line Method
16:30 EDT
End of Day One
Day Two: Thursday, October 14, 2021
10:00 EDT
15 minWelcome and Opening Remarks from the Chair
10:15 EDT
45 minCompare Compensation Associated with Female and Male Predominant Job Classes of Similar Value
11:00 EDT
45 minHow Union and Management Can Work Together Effectively
Colby Briggs, Team Lead, Compensation Team, Professional Institute of Public Service Canada (PIPSC)
- What can you do from the outset to ensure positive working relationships (invited)
- Dealing with contentious issues
- How to prepare for best outcomes
11:45 EDT
45 minCreating and Posting a Plan to Rectify Pay Inequalities
Wendy Glaser, Director, Pay Equity, Employment & Labour Law, KPMG Law LLP
- Determining which female predominant classes require an increase and when increases are due
- Deadline for employers to provide increases by day after 3rd anniversary when employer becomes subject to the Act
- Phase in, notify employees
- Post draft
- Employees have 60 days to comment
12:30 EDT
45 minBreak
13:15 EDT
45 minAnnual Reporting and Re-Evaluating Pay Equity and Dispute Resolution
- How are you required to maintain pay equity?
- What issues will arise?
- What are your long term obligations for pay equity
14:00 EDT
45 minPay Equity Audits, Enforcement Orders and Monetary Administrative Penalties - What Can Employers Expect?
Kyle Lambert, Partner, McMillan
Marie-Eve Jean, Associate, Employment and Labour Relations, McMillan LLP
- How can we expect the Pay Equity Act will be enforced?
- What do we expect the government to be looking at closely?
- Fines and penalties?
- Failure to post a plan
- Fines for every day an organization is in violation?
- If there is a gap, pay retroactively with interest?
14:45 EDT
15 minBreak
15:00 EDT
60 minImpact of Pay Equity -- on Just About Everything
- Change management and communication
- Analytics and costing
- Impact on collective bargaining
- The Pay Equity Plan
- Impact of pay equity on Human Resources and Compensation Strategy
- HR governance
- Risk management
16:00 EDT
30 minWrap Up, Takeaways and Next Steps
This is an important, not-to-be-missed opportunity to consolidate learning, ask questions and clarify the most important takeaways, including planning your next steps.
16:30 EDT
End of Day Two