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Small Decrease in Gender Pay Gap shows Need for Legislation
Thursday, 22 August 2019, 2:11 pm | Pay Equity Coalition
The Pay Equity Coalition Auckland (PECA) is pleased the gender pay gap has decreased slightly. Statistics released today show the gap is now 11.9%, nearly 2 percent less than last year. More >>
Pay Equity Coalition submits today on Equal Pay Bill
Wednesday, 20 February 2019, 2:11 pm | Pay Equity Coalition
The Pay Equity Coalition (PEC) Wellington presented their oral submission to the Education and Workforce Committee on the Equal Pay Amendment Bill today. More >>
Equal Pay activists in Wellington not celebrating yet
Thursday, 16 August 2018, 9:30 am | Pay Equity Coalition
The spokesperson for The Pay Equity Coalition Wellington, Sue O Shea, said today that there was little to celebrate in the latest gender pay gap statistics. “Progress continues to be painfully slow or stalled, whichever measure is used,” she said. ... More >>
No Surprise That Sexism is Major Factor in Gender Pay Gap
Tuesday, 29 August 2017, 12:50 pm | Pay Equity Coalition
It’s no surprise that the latest research released by Motu Economic & Public Policy Research Foundation clearly shows the main reason for a gender pay imbalance is sexism says the Pay Equity Coalition. More >>
National’s Proposed New Equal Pay Law Disappoints
Thursday, 27 July 2017, 4:46 pm | Pay Equity Coalition
Media release: Pay Equity Coalition (Wellington) National’s Proposed New Equal Pay Law Disappoints The Employment (Pay Equity and Equal Pay) Bill tabled yesterday by the Government doesn’t do what the Government promises it would do, says the ... More >>
Government Has an Opportunity to Get Equal Pay Right
Friday, 12 May 2017, 9:40 am | Pay Equity Coalition
Given the lack of support for equal pay from the Government that voted against pay transparency, they have at least one last opportunity to put things right says the Pay Equity Coalition. More >>
Government’s Equal Pay Announcement a Giant Leap Forward
Tuesday, 18 April 2017, 7:50 pm | Pay Equity Coalition
The news that the Government is close to an historic pay equity settlement is a giant leap forward for women says the Pay Equity Coalition. More >>
PEC stands alongside education support workers
Tuesday, 11 April 2017, 9:49 am | Pay Equity Coalition
The Pay Equity Coalition stands alongside the three Ministry of Education support workers in their negotiations for equal pay which began today. More >>
Progress on equal pay principles from the Government
Thursday, 24 November 2016, 5:24 pm | Pay Equity Coalition
“The Pay Equity Coalition Auckland welcomes progress on equal pay from the government. The equal pay principles announced today should create a huge economic boost for our city. Half the population currently suffers on average a 14% pay cut each hour ... More >>
Pay Equity Coalitions celebrate an historic day
Thursday, 24 November 2016, 2:06 pm | Pay Equity Coalition
The Government has today announced that it will accept and implement the Joint Working Groups Equal Pay Principles. More >>
NZ could lead the world in fixing gender pay imbalance
Friday, 7 October 2016, 1:25 pm | Pay Equity Coalition
NZ could lead the world in fixing gender pay imbalance Wages and salaries data released today by Statistics NZ demonstrate why action is needed to change the pay imbalance between men and women. “The 2016 Household Labour Force Survey shows that average ... More >>
Latest pay statistics for women are a call to action
Thursday, 4 August 2016, 3:06 pm | Pay Equity Coalition
The latest quarterly employment figures are no comfort for women and are a call for action from the National Government, says the Pay Equity Coalition. The latest Quarterly Employment Survey shows that the average hourly pay imbalance between men ... More >>
Poorly Paid Women's Jobs More Pronounced at Christmas
Wednesday, 23 December 2015, 1:45 pm | Pay Equity Coalition
The injustice of being a woman in a job that earns significantly less than a man in a similarly skilled and responsible job is exacerbated during the Christmas period, says the Pay Equity Coalition. More >>
Kiwi women working for free
Tuesday, 10 November 2015, 10:17 am | Pay Equity Coalition
New Zealand’s gender pay gap means that women are effectively working for free from today until the end of the year, according to Pay Equity Coalition Spokesperson, Wellington, Angela McLeod. More >>
Gender pay gap still fixed at fourteen percent
Friday, 2 October 2015, 12:25 pm | Pay Equity Coalition
Today’s New Zealand Income Survey shows the Government is overdue to take real action on the gender pay gap, says the Pay Equity Challenge Coalition. The survey shows that the average hourly rate for women is still 14 percent lower than that ... More >>
Pay Equity Coalition supports Midwives
Monday, 31 August 2015, 12:46 pm | Pay Equity Coalition
The Pay Equity Challenge Coalition today added its support to the College of Midwives claim of pay discrimination on the basis of gender. More >>
Women Worse Off
Monday, 11 May 2015, 2:35 pm | Pay Equity Coalition
The latest statistics showing an apparent strong growth in jobs are no consolation to the working woman says the Pay Equity Challenge Coalition. The Labour Market Statistics released last week include a combination of the Household Labour Force Survey and ... More >>
Hourly Pay goes up but not for women
Monday, 12 November 2012, 9:58 am | Pay Equity Coalition
Figures released ;last week show that women’s pay rates are not keeping pace with men’s pay increases and that the gap between men and women’s pay has widened, says the Pay Equity Challenge Coalition. More >>
Pay Equity Coalition wants action on UN Recommendations
Wednesday, 1 August 2012, 5:16 pm | Pay Equity Coalition
The Pay Equity Challenge Coalition is calling on the Government to take action following recommendations to the New Zealand Government from the United Nations’ Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women ... More >>
Less spin, better analysis and more action please Minister!
Thursday, 6 October 2011, 5:13 pm | Pay Equity Coalition
The Pay Equity Challenge Coalition are very concerned that the Minister of Women Affairs completely missed any reference in her press release today to the most important statistic in the Annual Income Survey. The minuscule increase in the median hourly ... More >>
