Project 10: How the Government Kept the Pay Equity Law Change Secret

Project 10: How the government kept the pay equity law change secret

Documents reveal how the government worked to keep sweeping pay equity changes hidden until the last minute.

Collins to strip diversity, pay equity rules from public service law

Labour has accused the Government of further abandoning pay equity, as it legislates to remove equity requirements for the public service The post Collins to strip diversity, pay equity rules from public service law appeared first on Newsroom.

Treacherous Betrayal Of Women Over Pay Equity Laid Bare In Official Documents – PSA

The appalling and deliberate behaviour of key Ministers, operating in secret, to rip up pay equity rules and stop thousands of women getting the pay rise they deserve has been exposed by the document dump of official advice. “We knew it was constitutional vandalism and wage theft, now we know the Government actively suppressed human rights and went to extraordinary lengths to hush it up in the Beehive,” said Fleur Fitzsimons, National Secretary …

Documents reveal Government efforts to avoid scrutiny on pay equity

Newly released Government documents reveal the lengths to which ministers went to avoid scrutiny and ignore official advice on their decision to gut the Equal Pay Act and cancel pay equity claims. “These documents reveal that the Government did everything in its power to shut down public debate on pay equity in an effort to stop over 300,000 women from being paid what they’re worth,” said NZCTU Secretary Melissa Ansell-Bridges. “Ramming the legi…