PSAC Pay Equity

March 10, 2004

PSAC separate employers’ pay equity claim moves forward

The PSAC’s Statement of Claim on behalf of our current and former members working for a number of separate employers is proceeding towards a court date.

The Discovery phase has been completed. February 18, 2005 was the deadline for motions arising out of the Discovery to be filed.

The next deadline is April 22. That’s the last date for either of the parties to request a pre-case conference. These conferences are used to establish timetables for the management of the case as it goes to court. At this time, it is too early to speculate as to when the case will be heard. Any dates will be published on the PSAC web site when they are known.

The Statement of Claim was filed in November 2000. The case has been repeatedly delayed due to government tactics, including a series of unsuccessful legal challenges to have the case dismissed. The separate employers included in the complaint and the Statement of Claim, under Part II of the PSSRA, are the Auditor General, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the Communications Security Establishment, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, Statistical Survey Operations and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (formerly the Medical Research Council).

The union will continue to provide updates on the progress of this case as developments occur.

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