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On 6 November 2020, making a pay equity claim became a whole lot simpler when the Equal Pay Amendment Act came into force. Here's what that means for our members' claims.

When it comes to claims for fair pay, there’s a fair amount of jargon that gets thrown around. We talk about pay parity, pay equity. pay scales and translation matrixes. So what do all these terms really mean?

The pay equity settlement for Kaiārahi i Te Reo was won in September 2022. The following documents provide information on the settlement process.

A brief summary of key events from the monumental Kua Tae Te Wā - It's Time campaign.

On 6 November 2020, making a pay equity claim became a whole lot simpler when the Equal Pay Amendment Act came into force.

You can read more about what the pay equity process looks like for an employer.

The terms of settlement for Ministry of Education support workers represent an historic and life-changing moment in what has been a 12-year battle.

In 2012, aged care worker Kristine Bartlett, with her union E Tū, brought an Equal Pay Act case against her employer, Terranova Homes. She argued that she had spent 20 years on very low pay because aged care is largely performed by women.

This comic by Toby Morris explains how, when we join in union, we can achieve things that we’d never be able to do on our own.