Human Rights – Discrimination in Pay
If you are an employer you cannot discriminate between employees by paying one employee less for what is largely the same work. If the work needs the same level of education, skill, experience, effort, responsibility, and is performed under similar working conditions, then you must pay the same rate of pay regardless of ages, sex or any other prohibited ground of discrimination.
Exceptions:
An employee who has been employed with you longer or has more experience may receive higher pay (seniority system).
An employee who has been rewarded with a pay raise for their work (merit system).
An employee whose wages are based on a measure of their performance, or the quantity and quality of production (quantity or quality system).
Source: PEI Human Rights Commission