Back to Contents Information on equal pay for equal work in New Brunswick from the N.B. Dept. of Training and Employment Development. Value is assessed according to a point system that compares effort, skill, responsibility and working conditions. The principle of equal pay for work of equal value is based on the observation that the types of jobs which have been customarily performed by women have been traditionally undervalued in the market place. See also the definition of Pay equity . In the human rights field in New Brunswick, an exemption is a determination that a practice which would normally be a violation of the Human Rights Act should be exempted from the Act because it is based on a bona fide occupational qualification or bona fide qualification .
Exemptions are a type of defence to complaints of discrimination.
In contrast to special programmes , which can also be used as a defence, exemptions are granted on the basis of safety, efficiency and economy rather the desire to remedy the disadvantages of a group. In the human rights field, a formal complaint is a written complaint filed with a human rights commission about a violation of a human rights act. The commission must investigate such complaints and, if they appear to have merit, must attempt to conciliate them. If a complaint cannot be settled, a board of inquiry may be appointed to hold a hearing. In the human rights field, harassment means unwelcome or insulting comments or conduct related to a personal characteristic such as race, gender or sexual orientation.