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Question 1

What are the purposes of equity concepts?

Answer 1

1) Equal Pay for Equal Work, Pay Equity. (Aim is to ensure gender equality, in the payment that is received)
2) Employment Equity- aims to improve job opportunities for women, people with visible minorities, people with disabilities and aboriginal people.

Question 2

Provincial human rights legislation covers pay equity making it illegal to pay one sex a different wage, than the other sex for the same work. T OR F

Answer 2

True. It is outlined in BC Human Rights Code s.12(1)

Question 3

The BC human rights code s.12(1) uses the term “for similar or substantially similar work”. Based on this jobs should be compared on what?

Answer 3

The underlying value of the jobs, not their content.

Question 4

The federal employment equity act was enacted in 1986 in order to do what?

Answer 4

Address under-representation of certain groups of people (women, visible minorities, aboriginals) and also including people in better-paid jobs, and higher-level jobs.

Question 5

The employment equity act only directly affects federally regulated employers in relation to employment equity.
T OR F

Answer 5

true.

Question 6

What are the Principles of the Employment Equity Act?

Answer 6

1) Force employers to identify work place barriers,

2) Force employers to develop equity plans to make their workplace more inclusive for those underrepresented groups.

Question 7

An example of a barrier would be:

Answer 7

Hiring by “word-of-mouth” which eliminates from consideration candidates who are equally as capable or better qualified for that position.

Question 8

what is FCP (federal contractors program)

Answer 8

it is a program which requires an employer with 100 or more employees who wishes to bid on a contract for 200,000 dollars or more, must file a certificate that they will commit to implementing an employment equity plan.