The size of an employee's salary is often seen as an
indicator of importance within an organization. Thus, when women
are paid less than their male counterparts for performing similar
work, it suggests that their efforts are somehow of lesser value.
In Ontario, we have a number of legal mechanisms that are designed
to reduce gender-based wage disparity, however, it remains a
reality in far too many workplaces.
In early 2018, Maclean's published an article stating that in
Canada:
- Working women earn
31% less than working men;
- When adjusted for working the same
number of hours, women earn 13% less then their
male counterparts; and
- When controlling for gender
differences across industries, occupation, education, age, job
tenure, province of residence, marital status and union status,
working women earn 8% less than men.
