Historic pay increase for workers in female dominated industryCRAIG SIMCOX/FAIRFAX NZ Aged care worker Kristine Bartlett has lead a Union fight over low wages for women workers. The Government has announced a $2 billion package to address the pay inequity in the predominantly female aged care sector. The pay increase will cost the Government more than $2b over the next four years. Her landmark Court of Appeal decision found women in predominantly female workforces could make a claim for pay equity under the Equal Pay Act. In response, the Government set up a working group to develop principles for dealing with pay equity claims, and introducing legislation late last year that meant employees could file pay equity claims directly with their employer, rather than through the courts.

Source: Stuff April 18, 2017 04:07 UTC