Pay equity advocates are calling for urgent action from the Government after the gender pay gap slipped back to 12 per cent for the first time since 2008. The latest Labour Market income figures from Statistics NZ showed the pay gap had gone from an all-time low of 9.1 per cent in 2012 back up to 12 per cent in June this year. Upston said it was employers who needed to act by assessing their own processes and ensuring there was no pay gap. "Closing the gender pay gap requires making conscious, measured and reported efforts to tackle pay differences between men and women." The Pay Equity Coalition spokesperson Angela McLeod said any pay difference because of gender was unacceptable.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 07, 2016 07:07 UTC