The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ordered the government to pay billions of dollars and bring equality to federal employees' wages. Wednesday's landmark ruling would require that pay adjustments -- retroactive to 1985 and with interest -- be made to 200,000 workers, most of them women. The decision was based on a union-government study which compared female-dominated jobs such as secretaries and clerks to male-dominated jobs like sailors and tradesmen. In all, Canada could cough up C$3 billion (US$1.95 billion). The government could appeal the order.
Equality, Eh?
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ordered the government to pay billions of dollars and bring equality to federal employees' wages. Wednesday's landmark ruling would require that pay adjustments -- retroactive to 1985 and with interest -- be made to 200,000 workers, most of them women. The decision was based on a union-government study which compared female-dominated jobs such as secretaries and clerks to male-dominated jobs like sailors and tradesmen. In all, Canada could cough up C$3 billion (US$1.95 billion). The government could appeal the order.
