176.29.Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of section 71 of the Pay Equity Act (chapter E-12.001), the employer shall pay the salary compensations in full or, as the case may be, the first salary compensations on the date or on the expiry of the time period fixed in the first and second paragraphs of section 176.28. The compensations are retroactive to 21 November 2001 and may, for the purpose of calculating the amount of the compensations to be paid, be spread, having regard to the provisions of section 70 of that Act, over a period between 21 November 2001 and 21 November 2005.