racialized wage gap – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Wed, 01 May 2024 19:25:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Workers from equity-deserving groups say they’re paid less, receive fewer opportunities: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/workers-from-equity-deserving-groups-say-theyre-paid-less-receive-fewer-opportunities-survey/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 13:00:44 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=153984 North American employees who are part of equity-deserving groups continue to report shortfalls in salary and advancement opportunities compared to other workers, according to a new survey by the Robert Walters Group. The survey, which polled 6,000 workers, found 72 per cent more men than women said they earn a salary of $55,000 or more. […]

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]]> Head to head: Are employers making progress on the gender pay gap? https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/head-to-head-are-employers-making-progress-on-the-gender-pay-gap/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:59:35 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=143398 While Canada has had pay equity laws since the 1970s, gender pay gaps still exist, but new pay transparency legislation in British Columbia is aiming to make an impact. Paulette Senior, president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Women’s Foundation The pace of closing the gender pay gap is glacial. All kinds of reports […]

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]]> 2023 Top 100 Pension Funds Report: How to improve retirement outcomes across diverse plan member groups https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/2023-top-100-pension-funds-report-how-to-improve-retirement-outcomes-across-diverse-plan-member-groups/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 12:56:55 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=139798 At the beginning of April, the OPSEU Pension Trust made a change to a definition in its plan text that will have meaningful implications for plan members with disabled children who need to continue to rely on their parents into adulthood. The organization expanded the definition of a child eligible for survivor benefits to include […]

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]]> 84% of Canadian employees in favour of pay transparency law: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/84-of-canadian-employees-in-favour-of-pay-transparency-law-survey/ Wed, 09 Nov 2022 20:00:13 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=129559 The majority (84 per cent) of Canadian employees say they support a pay transparency law that would require employers to disclose salary ranges in job postings, according to a new survey by Leger Marketing Inc. on behalf of Talent.com. The survey, which polled more than 1,500 employees, found 45 per cent of employees feel they’re […]

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]]> Racialized workers, especially women, saw gains in minimum wage raise: report https://www.benefitscanada.com/human-resources/hr-law/racialized-workers-especially-women-saw-gains-in-minimum-wage-raise-report/ Mon, 11 Apr 2022 19:00:52 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=119327 Raising the minimum wage to $14 per hour in 2018 reduced the racialized wage gap, particularly for women, according to a new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Amid rising employment, the study showed the estimated increases — on an hourly basis — for Black women (4.9 per cent) and other racialized women (4.7 per […]

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