PSA campaign on pay and employment equity

The PSA launched our Pay and Employment Equity Agenda in 2003 to improve the position of low paid workers and to close the gap in earnings and career opportunities between men and women.

PSA plan of action

It's Time – Pay and Employment Equity five years on

On 8 March 2003, the PSA launched “It’s Time” – the PSA Pay and Employment Equity Agenda. It set out a strategic approach to identifying and removing the causes of inequitable pay and employment opportunities and for delivering equal pay for work of equal value.

September 2008 newsletter

Status report

May 2008

Since 2004, twenty three organisations out of 38 Public Service departments have completed a pay and employment equity review. Fifteen remaining Public Service departments are conducting reviews and are at various stages of completion. It is expected that most will be completed by mid-to-late 2008.

Status report

Job evaluation proves support workers are hugely underpaid

An independent job evaluation commissioned by the PSA shows that community support workers are underpaid by around $7000 a year.

Report

New data on the gender pay gap

Latest figures show that women's average earnings trail 15% behind men's. The CTU says it points to continued discrimination against women in the workforce.

Latest data

Progress report

July 2007

The Pay and Employment Equity Steering Group has published its report on progress during 2006 towards the government’s goal of pay and employment equity in the state sector.

Report

Government plan of action

Following the recommendations of the Taskforce on Pay and Employment Equity, the Government developed a five-year plan of action.

Plan of action

Pay and Employment Equity Unit set up

The Pay and Employment Equity Unit is set up in the Department of Labour.

PAEE Unit

Taskforce report

The Taskforce on Pay and Employment Equity in the Public Service and the Public Health and Public Education Sectors was established by the Government in 2003 to advise on a plan of action to address pay and employment equity. Its report was published in 2004.

Taskforce report

 It's Time newsletter

Five years on, we examine progress. We reflect on what has been achieved and what more needs to be done.

September 2008 newsletter

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Action on equity in local government

Gisborne District Council pay equity review - case study

Gisborne District Council pay equity review - view from the chief executive

Pay and employment equity in local government - ensuring pay, conditions and access to jobs aren't affected by gender. A brief guide by the Department of Labour.

Update on pay and employment equity in local government.

Heads up on equity

A PSA history that tracks progress to 2006. Heads up

Pay investigations

A pay investigation is initiated when, through the Pay and Employment Equity Review, there is a suspicion that a female-dominated occupation may be underpaid in terms of the value of the work being done. It is a joint process with the union and employer to assess the value of the work using a gender neutral job evaluation system.

Equitable Job Evaluation

The Department of Labour’s Pay and Employment Equity Unit has developed guidelines, methodologies and tools to enable organisations to implement pay and employment equity reviews and to carry out gender-neutral job evaluations. A training package has been developed and the PSA is actively promoting its use.

Equitable Job Evaluation

New Standard for job evaluation

A gender-neutral job evaluation Standard has been developed for Standards NZ by a committee of unions, including the PSA, employers and gender equity and job evaluation experts. The Standard, an international first, is now open for wider consultation and should be ready by the end of the year.

Updates

The Pay and Employment Equity Unit publishes regular newsletters.

Newsletters