Supreme Court rules that Quebec's pay-equity law is unconstitutional

Women should not have to bear the financial burden created by employers who have yet to conform to Quebec’s pay-equity law, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday.
The ruling, upheld by six of the nine justices, is the first time the Supreme Court has ruled that a law created to ensure equal pay for men and women is unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court issued two rulings on two separate cases dealing with Quebec’s pay-equity law, which was adopted in 1996. One of the rulings uphol