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Remuneration Authority Act 1977

18: Criteria of Authority

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"How to work out a fair pay rate"

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When you are working out how much someone should get paid, you need to think about a few things. You need to make sure their pay is fair compared to what other people get paid in similar jobs. You also need to think about being fair to the person getting paid and to the people who are paying them, like taxpayers.

You need to consider what kind of person you want to hire for the job and what you need to pay them to keep them working for you. When you are deciding how much to pay someone, you should look at what the job requires and what other people in similar jobs get paid.

You should also think about what kind of working conditions the person has, like holidays and hours, and compare them to what other people in similar jobs get. The Authority will look at these things when they are deciding how much to pay someone, according to section 12(1)(a) and section 12B(1).

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18Criteria of Authority

  1. In determining any remuneration under section 12(1)(a) or section 12B(1), or under any other enactment, the Authority shall have regard in particular to the following criteria:

  2. the need to achieve and maintain fair relativity with the levels of remuneration received elsewhere; and
    1. the need to be fair both—
      1. to the persons or group of persons whose remuneration is being determined; and
        1. to the taxpayer or ratepayer; and
        2. the need to recruit and retain competent persons.

          1. In determining the remuneration of any persons or group of persons pursuant to any subparagraph of section 12(1)(a) or in determining the remuneration of any persons or group of persons pursuant to section 12B(1) or under any other Act, the Authority shall take into account—

          2. the requirements of the position concerned; and
            1. the conditions of service enjoyed by the persons whose remuneration is being determined and those enjoyed by the persons or members of the group of persons whose remuneration and conditions of employment are, in the opinion of the Authority, comparable with those of the persons or members of the group of persons whose remuneration is being determined.

              1. Repealed
              Notes
              • Section 18: replaced, on , by section 7 of the Higher Salaries Commission Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 24).
              • Section 18 heading: amended, on , by section 3(2) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
              • Section 18(1): amended, on , by section 3(2) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
              • Section 18(2): amended, on , by section 3(2) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
              • Section 18(2)(b): amended, on , by section 3(2) of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 54).
              • Section 18(3): repealed, on , by section 5 of the Remuneration Authority (Members of Parliament Remuneration) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 83).