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Blog Overview Blogger Profiles Event Calendar You can also visit our other sites: EmployeeWellness.ca WellnessFair.ca Workplace Wellness Info on NaturalHealthcare.ca	\| Share: \| more Race, gender remain workplace barriers in Ontario, Census data reveal Employment equity programs needed to level workplace playing field for visible minorities A report based on 2005 Census data shows that visible minorities in Ontario are more likely to live in poverty, have trouble finding a job and earn less in the workplace. For visible minority women, sexism and racial discrimination impact them more. These women earn 53.4 cents for every dollar a white man earns. The findings in the report shows that Ontario needs to re-introduce employment equity legislation that was dropped in the mid 1990s. The data also shows that immigrant men earn 63 cents for every dollar that is earned by Canadian-born men, while immigrant women earn only 54 cents. When age, education, and immigration status was factored out, the following was revealed: ā€¢ Workers from visible minority groups faced unemployment rates of 8.7 per cent compared to 5.8 per cent for all Ontario workers. ā€¢ Visible minority workers were paid 77.5 cents for every dollar a white worker earned. ā€¢ Visible minority families were three times more likely to live in poverty, with poverty rates of 18.7 per cent, compared to 6 per cent for white families. 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