Posts Tagged 'pay equity'

A new Employment (Pay Equity and Equal Pay) Bill introduced

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This February, the Employment (Pay Equity and Equal Pay) Bill was introduced to Parliament with the express purpose to:

eliminate and prevent discrimination, on the basis of sex, in the remuneration and other terms and conditions of employment, and in doing so, promote enduring settlement of claims relating to sex discrimination on pay equity grounds.”

The Minister for Women, has promoted the Bill as setting a real foundation for change, with it stripping away hurdles for claims, after a Joint Working Group ...

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The Employment (Pay Equity and Equal Pay) Bill fails to deliver

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The Government’s introduction of the Employment (Pay Equity and Equal Pay) Bill, following a multi-billion dollar settlement with aged care and disability support workers, has rightly attracted significant criticism.  In this article, we explain why.

Background

The recent Care and Support Workers Equal Pay Settlement Agreement (following the “Terranova” litigation), and related legislation, resolved litigation pursued by support workers within the aged care, disability and home and community support sector.  Led by the unions on behalf of claimant Kristine Bartlett, it was ...

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