Pay Equity Act — P-4.2 3
r means the Pay Equity Commissioner appointed under subsection 26(1) of the Canadian Human Rights Act . ( Commissaire à l’équité salariale ) payroll , in respect of an employer, means the total of all salaries payable to the employer’s employees. ( masse salariale ) public service means the several positions in or under (a) the departments named in Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act ; (b) the other portions of the federal public administration named in Schedule IV to that Act; and (c) the separate agencies named in Schedule V to that Act. ( fonction publique ) trade union has the same meaning as in subsection 3(1) of the Canada Labour Code . ( syndicat ) Tribunal means the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal established by section 48.1 of the Canadian Human Rights Act . ( Tribunal ) unionized employee means an employee who is a member of a bargaining unit that is represented by a bargaining agent. ( syndiqué ) Employers (2) For the purposes of this Act, each of the following is considered to be an employer: (a) Her Majesty in right of Canada as represented by the Treasury Board, in respect of the aggregate of the departments and other portions of the federal public administration named in Schedules I and IV, respectively, to the Financial Administration Act , except that the reference to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in that Schedule IV is deemed to be a reference to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police only in respect of civilian employees appointed or employed in accordance with section 10 of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act ; (b) Her Majesty in right of Canada as represented by the Treasury Board, in respect of the Canadian Forces; (c) Her Majesty in right of Canada as represented by the Treasury Board, in respect of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, in relation to members as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act ; (d) in respect of a separate agency , as defined in subsection 11(1) of the Financial Administration Act , Her Majesty in right of Canada as represented by the separate agency; (e) each person who employs employees in connection with the operation of any federal work, undertaking or business , as defined in section 2 of the Canada Labour Code , other than a work, undertaking or business of a local or private nature in Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut; (e.1) a corporation established to perform any duty or function on behalf of the Government of Canada, other than a corporation named in Schedule IV or V of the Financial Administration Act ; (f) in respect of a dependent contractor, an employer as defined in paragraph (b) of that expression in subsection 3(1) of the Canada Labour Code ; (g) the government of Yukon; (h) the government of the Northwest Territories; and (i) the government of Nunavut. References to employees in regards to Her Majesty in right of Canada (3) For the purposes of this Act, every reference to an employer’s employees is to be read as a reference to, (a) in the case of Her Majesty in right of Canada as represented by the Treasury Board, as employer in respect of the aggregate of the departments and other portions of the federal public administration referred to in paragraph (2)(a), only employees employed in those departments and other portions, other than members as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act ; (b) in the case of Her Majesty in right of Canada as represented by the Treasury Board, as employer in respect of the Canadian Forces, only officers and non-commissioned members of the Canadian Forces; (c) in the case of Her Majesty in right of Canada as represented by the Treasury Board, as employer in respect of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, only members as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act ; and (d) in the case of Her Majesty in right of Canada as represented by a separate agency, as employer in respect of the separate agency, only employees employed in that separat