STATEMENT: Working 9 to 5 for Less: Why Alberta Needs Pay Equity Laws

Alberta has the largest gender pay gap in Canada. Alberta women earn 17.4% less than men per hour on average. Alberta’s gender pay gap is not an accident. Alberta has failed to show leadership and enact pay equity legislation, while other Canadian jurisdictions that have are seeing improvement. Alberta women work hard, are educated and ambitious. Women are concentrated in occupations that…

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