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B.C. Employers Required to Include Pay Information on Public Job Postings

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Starting Wednesday, all B.C. employers must include pay information on public job postings as part of the province's Pay Transparency Act. The act aims to address the pay gap between men and women, with women in B.C. being paid 17% less than men on average. The pay gap is even wider for Indigenous, migrant, and visible minority women, as well as women with disabilities.

It’s one of the requirements of the province’s Pay Transparency Act , which was passed into law this year in an effort to address the pay gap between men and women.

While the average hourly wage for men was $35.50 last year, Indigenous women earned an average of $26.74 an hour. Indigenous men earned an average wage of $31.03 an hour. Immigrant women earned an average of $28.78 an hour compared with immigrant men, who earned an average of $36.42 an hour. “It’s not the be-all and end-all of ensuring that the gap between people based on gender, based on race, is addressed,” said ­Mangat. “For us, the act is a starting point and we’ll be monitoring and watching how it is implemented and what impact it has. But we’re going to continue to push for pay-equity legislation, which we do not have in B.C.”

Since June 2022, Canada’s federally regulated private companies have been required to report the wage gap. Last year, Prince Edward Island started including salary rates in publicly advertised job postings.

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