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Equal Pay Act 1972

Pay equity claims - Raising pay equity claims

13G: Requirements relating to all pay equity claims

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"What you must do when making a pay equity claim"

When you make a pay equity claim, it must be in writing. You need to say in the claim that it is a pay equity claim made under the Equal Pay Act 1972. This is so people know what kind of claim you are making.

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Part 4Pay equity claims
Raising pay equity claims

13GRequirements relating to all pay equity claims

  1. Every pay equity claim must—

  2. be in writing; and
    1. state that it is a pay equity claim made under this Act.

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      Notes
      • Section 13G: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 45).