The dataset shows the information that employers subject to the Pay Equity Act (LES) have entered in their most recent Employer Pay Equity Statement (DEMES) .
Through DEMES, employers report on the progress of the application of the LES to the Commission on Standards, Equity, Health and Safety at Work [CNESST — Pay Equity] (https://www.cnesst.gouv.qc.ca/fr/equite-salariale).
The LES applies to businesses that reach an average of ten or more workers during a calendar year.
An employer has various obligations in connection with the LES:
- First, complete an initial pay equity exercise and post the results (DATE_AFFICH_EXERC) in your company within four years of being subject to the LES (DATE_PREV_EXERC).
- Then, assess maintaining pay equity, every five years, and post the results (DATE_AFFICH_MAINT) in your company. These evaluations must be carried out on a fixed date (DATE_PREV_MAINT).
An empty posting date means that the employer has not indicated that it has fulfilled this obligation.
To ensure privacy and the protection of personal information, businesses are listed using an anonymous numerical identifier (ID), created for the dataset.