The Canadian Armed Forces has missed its deadline to complete a pay equity plan covering roughly 90,000 members, despite already receiving a two-year extension to finish the work.
The government’s Pay Equity Act requires federally regulated employers to identify pay gaps between jobs predominantly held by women and comparable jobs predominantly held by men.
For the armed forces, that means evaluating military jobs based on factors including skill, responsibility, effort, and working conditions. They then calculate the compensation for those jobs and compare pay going to predominantly female and male job classes.
If that process identifies differences between the two, framed as an inequity, affected CAF members could be entitled to higher compensation.
Treasury Board was originally supposed to complete the plan in 2024 but received an extension from the Pay Equity Commissioner until August 31, 2026.
