Transitional equal-pay complaint provisions removed from Canadian Human Rights Act consolidated text

Plain-language summary · AI-assisted · not legal advice

Several transitional sections dealing with how equal-pay and wage-discrimination complaints were to be handled during the shift to the Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act regime have been removed from the consolidated text of the Canadian Human Rights Act. These sections — which governed how the Canadian Human Rights Commission and Tribunal were to process outstanding complaints about wage differences between male and female employees, and capped any monetary remedy to a lump-sum covering a defined historical period — are no longer carried in the Act. Related "amendments not in force" entries pointing to the repeal of those same provisions have also been removed. Organizations and employees with matters that were subject to those transitional rules should review how their files were resolved or are being handled, as the transitional framework is no longer reflected in the consolidated statute.

Who this affects: federal public sector employers · federal public sector employees · bargaining agents representing federal employees · human rights practitioners advising on wage-discrimination complaints