• 50 year Anniversary of Equal Pay marks record low pay gap

    … Record low gender pay gap of 7.7% in the public service Over 55% of public sector senior leadership roles held by women Māori pay gap in the public service lowest ever at 6.5% Pacific Pay … 17.7% NACEW announced as national advisory group on pay transparency, expanding its remit to include ethnicity Today …
  • Pay transparency

    Pay transparency can help reduce gender and ethnic pay gaps and address inequities in the workplace. Implementing pay transparency is a key action under Te Mahere Whai Mahi Wāhine …
  • What is the government doing?

    … The government has been acting to reduce the gender pay gap for more than 60 years. The Government Service Equal Pay Act 1960 introduced equal pay legislation into the public … Te Mahere Whai Mahi Wāhine includes actions on pay transparency, pay equity, and wider supports for women’s …
  • Pay equity and equal pay

    Pay equity is the same pay for different work which has the same or similar level of skill, responsibility, and effort. Equal pay is the same pay for the same work, regardless of gender. …
  • New Zealanders deserve equal pay, it’s only fair.

    … of Manatū Wāhine Ministry for Women, explores why equal pay is so important, 50-years on from legislation outlawing … discrimination.  The 50-year anniversary of the Equal Pay Act tomorrow provides New Zealanders a chance to reflect … we’ve made and the work ahead as we strive towards equal pay for equal work.   The 1972 Act outlawed discrimination in …
  • Measuring the gender pay gap

    … There are different methods of measuring the gender pay gap. Stats NZ calculates New Zealand’s official gender pay gap as the difference between the median hourly earnings … work. You can read more about measuring the gender pay gap in Organisational gender pay gaps measurement and …
  • Making history for women’s pay in New Zealand

    … has introduced legislation that makes history for women’s pay, say the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Iain … and Acting Minister for Women Eugenie Sage. The Equal Pay Amendment Bill, introduced to the House today, will make it easier for workers to make a pay equity claim , using a more simple and accessible process …
  • The gender pay gap

    … The gender pay gap is a high-level indicator of the difference between … organisation-wide, industry-wide, or economy-wide gender pay issue. The gender pay gap in Aotearoa New Zealand has reduced steadily from …
  • Government acts to close gender pay gap

    … Government action on pay transparency announced today marks a significant step in closing the pay gap for Kiwi women. Around 900 entities with over 250 …
  • What can employers do?

    Pay gaps between women and men can vary between industries, … other demographics. Employers play a vital role in closing pay gaps within their workplaces.  We have worked with other … need to be paid fairly and equally. Read more about pay transparency. Make your workplace a good environment for …
  • Data sources and definitions

    … Data for most dimensions of the What's My Gender Pay Gap?   tool is taken from the Household Labour Force … are subject to sample error, including the national gender pay gap as reported by Stats NZ. Sample errors increase as further breakdowns are made, for example the gender pay gap between workers aged 15 to 19 is calculated using a …
  • Ministry for Women gender pay gap

    … The Ministry for Women's gender pay gap data was not included in the State Services … released today. Due to its size, the Ministry's gender pay gap does not meet the threshold required to produce meaningful high level gender pay gap statistics as specified in the new  Stats NZ …
  • Government plan to fix women’s pay

    … among goals in  an Action Plan  to eliminate the  gender pay gap in the public service, launched today. Hon Chris … is a major step forward in eliminating the imbalance in pay between men and women in the public service – a key … underlying workplace culture issues that drive the gender pay gap,” says Mr Hipkins. “This is a critical piece of work …
  • Our gender pay gap

    … The Ministry's gender pay gap data is not included in the public service workforce … threshold required to produce meaningful high-level gender pay gap statistics as specified in the Stats NZ guidelines for measuring organisational gender pay gaps. This is because the Ministry does not meet the …
  • Government taking action to close gender pay gap

    … Passing equal pay legislation, delivering record pay settlements for female dominated workforces and requiring … sector agencies to develop plans to close the gender pay gap are just some of the steps the Government is taking …
  • Public sector workforce data

    … The Ministry for Women's gender pay gap data was not included in the State Services … released today. Due to its size, the Ministry's gender pay gap does not meet the threshold required to produce meaningful high level gender pay gap statistics as specified in the new  Stats NZ …
  • What can individuals do?

    … We know it will take time before the gender pay gap will close. Meanwhile, there are some things that you … be paid fairly. A first step to understanding the gender pay gap could be using our online tool What’s My Gender Pay Gap?   to look at pay gaps by factors that are relevant …
  • Pay equity extended to thousands more social workers

    … The Government will extend pay equity to all community and iwi organisations who employ … for providers to work through their own separate pay equity claim.  “This agreement from Government means that officials from the pay equity taskforce at Te Kawa Mataaho will immediately …