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27-06-2025
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People's Select Committee On Pay Equity Encourage Submissions
The People's Select Committee on Pay Equity, formed by 10 former women MPs, has today provided an update on progress and released its Terms of Reference, following the Committee's first meeting. 'We are thrilled that hundreds of New Zealanders have already sent in submissions and taken the time to share their experiences and expertise with us,' said Professor Marilyn Waring DNZM. 'The Committee recently met for the first time and discussed how we would work together. We have a good range of views and understanding represented and so we are well placed to consider the legislative changes and public views. 'I encourage people to keep sending in submissions, in particular we want to ensure that we hear from employers and people who may not disagree with the law change, to ensure that a wide range of views are represented. 'We are looking forward to hearing from organisations, experts and workers at our first oral hearing, to be held in Wellington on the 11th of August 2025. 'The Committee will deliver a report at the end of this process that will provide a summary of the key themes and conclusions of the submissions, and other evidence collected from OIAs, data analyses, parliamentary debates and press statements, as well as rigorous research on pay equity. This report will be provided to Parliament and available to the public by the end of the year,' said Waring. Notes:
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04-06-2025
- Business
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NZNO Backs People's Pay Equity Select Committee
Representing a third of the pay equity claims scrapped by the Coalition Government, NZNO is throwing its full support behind the People's Select Committee on Pay Equity. Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) had 12 pay equity claims being progressed across the health sector including aged care, primary health care, hospices, Plunket, community health and laboratories when the scheme was gutted on 6 May. These claims covered almost 10,000 nurses, health care assistants, allied health workers and administration staff. A further 35,000 NZNO Te Whatu Ora members had their pay equity review halted by the changes, meaning their pay would again fall behind. NZNO Primary Health Care Nurses College chair Tracey Morgan says it was devastating to the 5000 primary health care members that their claim was scuppered without warning or legitimate reason. "It was antidemocratic and an attack on women for the Government not to have consulted the workers whose lives they were changing. Primary and community health care nurses, like their hospice, Plunket and aged care counterparts, accepted lower wage increases in their collective agreements on the understanding they were likely to receive pay equity settlements. "Now they can have their say through the People's Select Committee on Pay Equity. "The committee of 10 former women MPs from across the political spectrum are strong wahine who helped establishment the previous system to address the gender discrimination which has kept down their wages their whole working lives." Most New Zealanders - 68 percent - believe the Government should have consulted on the changes, a new poll released today found. Tracey Morgan says NZNO urges all its members to submit their views to the Select Committee so they can be heard when it meets in August.
Scoop
27-05-2025
- Politics
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‘Forgotten Where They All Came From': Councilor Lashes Out Over Pay Equity
Article – Matthew Rosenberg – Local Democracy Reporter The new committee is spearheaded by former National MP Dame Marilyn Waring, with its members all volunteering their time. An Invercargill councillor says the people who made changes to the Equal Pay Act have forgotten where they came from. Former-New Zealand First MP Ria Bond made the comments after it was revealed she was one of 10 former female MPs joining the 'People's Select Committee on Pay Equity'. The unofficial committee went public on Monday with its plan to take submissions and examine changes to the Act, which were passed under urgency earlier this month. The changes make it more difficult for those who believe they are being unfairly paid to make a claim. '(I) just feel really let down by this Government and the way that they chose to have it go under no scrutiny and through urgency, with no input from anyone that actually works in these sectors,' Bond said. 'I think they've forgotten where they all come from.' The new committee is spearheaded by former National MP Dame Marilyn Waring, with its members all volunteering their time. Bond was pleased the group had formed, and said it showed the power of people to 'make a movement when things are so drastically wrong'. Waring and Bond are joined by former Labour MPs Lianne Dalziel, Steve Chadwick, Nanaia Mahuta and Lynne Pillay; former National MPs Jackie Blue, Jo Hayes and Belinda Vernon; and former Green MP Sue Bradford. Waring told reporters earlier today there was a good spread of women who wanted to hear the evidence Parliament should have heard. They would reach out to key parties that previously submitted on the legislation as well as 33 groups whose claims were affected by the changes, she said. Submissions to the committee are open until 31 July with an initial hearing to be held in Wellington on 11 August. More hearings will be announced at a later date with a draft report prepared before the end of the year. Bond was a member of parliament with New Zealand First from 2015 to 2017. She was elected to Invercargill City Council in 2022. Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden announced the changes to the pay equity process earlier this month. Claims have been able to progress without strong evidence of undervaluation and there have been very broad claims where it is difficult to tell whether differences in pay are due to sex-based discrimination or other factors, she said at the time. The changes include raising the threshold of professions predominantly performed by female employees from 60 percent to 70 percent.
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27-05-2025
- Politics
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‘Forgotten Where They All Came From': Councilor Lashes Out Over Pay Equity
Article – Matthew Rosenberg – Local Democracy Reporter The new committee is spearheaded by former National MP Dame Marilyn Waring, with its members all volunteering their time. An Invercargill councillor says the people who made changes to the Equal Pay Act have forgotten where they came from. Former-New Zealand First MP Ria Bond made the comments after it was revealed she was one of 10 former female MPs joining the 'People's Select Committee on Pay Equity'. The unofficial committee went public on Monday with its plan to take submissions and examine changes to the Act, which were passed under urgency earlier this month. The changes make it more difficult for those who believe they are being unfairly paid to make a claim. '(I) just feel really let down by this Government and the way that they chose to have it go under no scrutiny and through urgency, with no input from anyone that actually works in these sectors,' Bond said. 'I think they've forgotten where they all come from.' The new committee is spearheaded by former National MP Dame Marilyn Waring, with its members all volunteering their time. Bond was pleased the group had formed, and said it showed the power of people to 'make a movement when things are so drastically wrong'. Waring and Bond are joined by former Labour MPs Lianne Dalziel, Steve Chadwick, Nanaia Mahuta and Lynne Pillay; former National MPs Jackie Blue, Jo Hayes and Belinda Vernon; and former Green MP Sue Bradford. Waring told reporters earlier today there was a good spread of women who wanted to hear the evidence Parliament should have heard. They would reach out to key parties that previously submitted on the legislation as well as 33 groups whose claims were affected by the changes, she said. Submissions to the committee are open until 31 July with an initial hearing to be held in Wellington on 11 August. More hearings will be announced at a later date with a draft report prepared before the end of the year. Bond was a member of parliament with New Zealand First from 2015 to 2017. She was elected to Invercargill City Council in 2022. Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden announced the changes to the pay equity process earlier this month. Claims have been able to progress without strong evidence of undervaluation and there have been very broad claims where it is difficult to tell whether differences in pay are due to sex-based discrimination or other factors, she said at the time. The changes include raising the threshold of professions predominantly performed by female employees from 60 percent to 70 percent.
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27-05-2025
- Politics
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‘Forgotten Where They All Came From': Councilor Lashes Out Over Pay Equity
An Invercargill councillor says the people who made changes to the Equal Pay Act have forgotten where they came from. Former-New Zealand First MP Ria Bond made the comments after it was revealed she was one of 10 former female MPs joining the 'People's Select Committee on Pay Equity'. The unofficial committee went public on Monday with its plan to take submissions and examine changes to the Act, which were passed under urgency earlier this month. The changes make it more difficult for those who believe they are being unfairly paid to make a claim. '(I) just feel really let down by this Government and the way that they chose to have it go under no scrutiny and through urgency, with no input from anyone that actually works in these sectors,' Bond said. 'I think they've forgotten where they all come from.' The new committee is spearheaded by former National MP Dame Marilyn Waring, with its members all volunteering their time. Bond was pleased the group had formed, and said it showed the power of people to "make a movement when things are so drastically wrong'. Waring and Bond are joined by former Labour MPs Lianne Dalziel, Steve Chadwick, Nanaia Mahuta and Lynne Pillay; former National MPs Jackie Blue, Jo Hayes and Belinda Vernon; and former Green MP Sue Bradford. Waring told reporters earlier today there was a good spread of women who wanted to hear the evidence Parliament should have heard. They would reach out to key parties that previously submitted on the legislation as well as 33 groups whose claims were affected by the changes, she said. Submissions to the committee are open until 31 July with an initial hearing to be held in Wellington on 11 August. More hearings will be announced at a later date with a draft report prepared before the end of the year. Bond was a member of parliament with New Zealand First from 2015 to 2017. She was elected to Invercargill City Council in 2022. Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden announced the changes to the pay equity process earlier this month. Claims have been able to progress without strong evidence of undervaluation and there have been very broad claims where it is difficult to tell whether differences in pay are due to sex-based discrimination or other factors, she said at the time. The changes include raising the threshold of professions predominantly performed by female employees from 60 percent to 70 percent.
