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Canada
Pay Equity Act
Interpretation
s 3
(1)
sec_3__subsec_1__def_tribunal

Pay Equity Act

In forceThis text since 31 Aug 2021law://ca/sc/2018/c-27-s-416/sec_3__subsec_1__def_tribunal@2026-11-12

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Contents

(1) The following definitions apply in this Act.
(2) Employers
(3) References to employees in regards to Her Majesty in right of Canada

Contents

(1) The following definitions apply in this Act.
(2) Employers
(3) References to employees in regards to Her Majesty in right of Canada

Tribunal means the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal established by section 48.1 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. (Tribunal)

Federal laws of Canada reproduced under the Reproduction of Federal Law Order (SI/97-5); not the official version. Source: Justice Laws Website.

Key facts

Type: Act · S.C. 2018, c. 27, s. 416
Enacted: 13 Dec 2018
Last amended: 31 Aug 2021
Text current to: 12 Sept 2021
Official: Justice Laws Website

History · 1 version

31 Aug 2021Reading

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Implemented by 4: Order Grouping Ministers’ Offices for the Purpose of a Pay Equity Plan; Application of the Pay Equity Act to Ministers’ Offices Regulations; Pay Equity Regulations; Order Designating the Minister of Labour as the Minister for the Purposes of that Act
Cited by 5: Application of the Pay Equity Act to Ministers’ Offices Regulations2 provisions; Order Grouping Ministers’ Offices for the Purpose of a Pay Equity Plan; Pay Equity Regulations2 provisions; Order Designating the Minister of Labour as the Minister for the Purposes of that Act; Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act12 provisions
Cites 1: Canadian Human Rights Act

Defined terms · 17

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bank rate
escompte)
bargaining agent
bargaining unit
compensation
core public administration
dependent contractor
employee
s vacation periods;(c.1)a person employed by an employer referred to in paragraph (2)(e.1), other than(i)a person employed under a program designated by the employer as a student employment program, or(ii)a student employed by the employer solely during the student’s vacation periods;(d)in respect of an employer referred to in paragraph (2)(f), a
employee organization
group of job classes
emplois)
Minister
s Privy Council for Canada designated under section 5. (ministre)
non-unionized employee
Pay Equity Commissioner
équité salariale)
payroll
s employees. (masse salariale)
public service
trade union
Tribunal
unionized employee

ca/sc/2018/c-27-s-416