employment equity
Ask for that raise, and ye shall receive
When it comes to negotiating for a raise, women can be their own worst enemies
What we’re talking about when we talk about affirmative action
The government seems to have ordered a review of affirmative action—”employment equity” in Canadian terms—policies in the public service. But the government reportedly supports affirmative action. So, more specifically, it would seem that the government is concerned with jobs that are specifically and explicitly restricted to minority applicants. Of 5,000 jobs posted in 2008, this criteria reportedly applied to 91.