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14 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, January 5, 1988 PORT PERRY PERRY HB Windshields B Auto Upholstery BH Marine Upholstery BOAT TOPS - BOAT SEATS - MOORING COVERS HB Sunroofs HB Convertible Tops HB Vinyl Tops lH Safety Glass 139 WATER STREET -- PORT PERRY Call for your appointment: 085-8507 Hines 125. Off 1 With this Coupon .. INSURANCE -- WE NOW SELL MOBILE CELLULAR PHONES -- auto glass & teim pea. - ro ---- | CLAIMS gf Ontario PAY EQUITY ACT (BILL 154) PROCLAIMED The Pay Equity Act (Bill 154) is effective as of January 1, 1988. : The purpose of the Act is to remove gender discrimi- nation from the wage-setting process. The Pay Equity Act obliges the public sector, and private sector firms with 100 employees or more, to develop, post and implement pay equity plans and to make wage adjustments where pay inequities are found. The following timetable applies: ; Wage Adjustment - Posting Starting Group Date . Date Public Sector Employees Jan. 1,1990 Jan. 1,1990 Private Sector Employers "with 500 + employees Jan. 1,1990 Jan. 1.1991 Private Sector Employers with 100-499 employees Jan. 11991 Jan. 1,1992 Private Sector Employers with 50-99 employees Jan. 1,1992* Jan.1,1993 Private Sector Employers with 10-49 employees Jan. 1,1993* Jan. 1.1994 (* Posting is voluntary for private sector employers with fewer than 100 employees.) The legislation covers full-time and permanent part- time employees but does not cover casual workers or students. Private sector employers with fewer than 10 employ- "ees are exempt. For further information concerning the Act, please contact the Pay Equity Commission at: 150 Eglinton Avenue East 5th Floor Toronto, Ontario M4P 1E8 Phone: 481-4464 (Toronto area) or 1-800/387-8813 George R. Podrebarac Commissioner Honourable Gregory Sorbara Minister of Labour vd : Brian Creighton, left, manager, and Dan Myers owner, stand surrounded by aisle after for details. aisle ay food items at one of Port Perry's Myers, one month old and successful already Myers Cash & Carry has got to be one of the great success stories of the holiday season. Only open since December 3rd, the new bulk food and dairy store, in the equally new plaza at 112 Scugog Street, has been extremely busy. Virtually since day one, it has been packed with people taking ad- vantage of some 460 bulk items as well as dairy. products at least 30 percent below average prices. Needless to say, the owner, Dan Myers, and the manager, Brian Creighton, are pretty happy about the situation. For Dan Myers, this new Port Perry Store is the latest achieve- ment in 2% years of opening suc- cessful stores. In that short time, Mr. Myers has created 11 Cash & Carry stores. The first was in . Napanee, and the others stretch from Gananoque to Orillia. For Brian Creighton, managing the store is a far cry from his studies at Carleton University, where he majored in computer science and 'math. And even though science and retailing are two completely dif- ferent fields, Mr. Creighton feels comfortable and content behind the cash register, rather than a com- puter terminal. He'd worked in his father's store in Trenton, and says "This is what I enjoy. The one-to-one contact with Confidential, Private COUNSELLING Maureen Salkeld - For assistance with Individual, Marriage, Family or Stress related problems. call ... 985-8228 For information & appointments CHESTERFIELD SUITES - LOVE SEATS SECTIONALS - MATTRESSES -- A Large Selection -- LESS THAN MCKEEN FURNITURE 524 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa - 725-5181 people. I really enjoy meeting people." So far, both Mr. Creighton and Mr. Myers are happy meeting the people of Scugog, as well. They find it a friendly place, with a small-town feel, and already, Mr. Creighton is planning to move here. Hopefully, he won't have as hard a time finding a place to live as Mr. Myers had finding a retail space. He'd searched and waited for more than a year to find the ideal space for his business--something new, bright and open. An open concept is one of Mr. Myers' keys to success in the bulk food business. "With a wide-open, concept, you can look and make sure nobody's over on the far aisle eating cookies or something," he says, only half- . joking. Keeping hands out of bins and a high standard of cleanliness is a top priority at Myers. "Our own rules are stronger than the Dcpartment of Health's,"" he says. He says another reason for his success is combining dairy products with bulk items. Traditionally in the bulk business, summer is a slow time because nobody wants to be in a kitchen on a hot day baking. Winter on the other hand, is busy. REACH IND CE RW Re The La Ta TS newest stores, Myers Cash & Carry. See story '""There's very little summer business,"' Mr. Myers admits. "With a combination of the dairy products, we keep going throughout the sum- mer months." His products, he claims, are also less expensive than elsewhere because he buys in volume, and stores it in a warehouse in Napanee. But one of his biggest reasons for success is this, "We buy top of the line products, top quality, and that's all we sell." So far, both men have heard nothing but favourable comments on their store, including repeated compliments on the cleanliness and the number of items. December was a better month than they had hoped, and they're planning to keep the success story going. NEED PHOTOCOPIES? We can do them for you! Letter;-Legal & Ledger. Reduced & Enlarged. 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