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So, the People’s Select Committee of former MPs has reported back today and, completely unsurprisingly, has slammed the Government for scrapping the pay equity law last year.
Ten female former MPs have released a report after receiving 1390 submissions and holding three months of hearings on the government's pay equity changes last year ....
Pay inequity disproportionately impacts Māori, Pacific and disabled women. The very communities already facing the greatest barriers to fair pay. This Government is deepening those disparities, not closing them ....
This is a historic first for participatory democracy in Aotearoa and it only happened because the Government’s betrayal of women was so complete, so cynical, and so contemptuous of due process that workers had no other choice ....
The report recommends that the 2025 amendments be repealed, cancelled claims be reinstated without restarting the process, and that employers be properly funded to implement settlements ....
RWNZ has raised concerns about the impact of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025, which scrapped 33 active pay equity claims and introduced tougher eligibility thresholds, on rural communities where workforce shortages were already acute ....