Part 4Pay equity claims
Claims involving multiple employers
13KUnion-raised claims raised with multiple employers: employers must enter into pay equity process agreement
This section applies if—
- 1 union has raised a pay equity claim with 2 or more employers in respect of employees who are members of that union and who perform the same, or substantially similar, work; or
- 2 or more unions have jointly raised a pay equity claim with 2 or more employers in respect of employees who are members of any of those unions and who perform the same, or substantially similar, work.
Subsection (2A) applies to each employer who—
- receives a pay equity claim referred to in subsection (1); and
- has not opted out of the multi-employer pay equity claim under section 13L.
Each employer must enter into a single multi-employer pay equity process agreement—
- for the purpose of deciding whether all of the employees covered by the claim perform work that is the same or substantially similar; and
- for the purpose of deciding whether the claim has merit; and
- for the purpose of the pay equity bargaining process.
The multi-employer pay equity process agreement must set out—
- whether there will be 1 or more representatives for the employers and who that representative or those representatives will be; and
- how decisions relating to the claim will be made.
If the employers cannot agree on a multi-employer pay equity process agreement, any of them may apply to the Authority for a direction.
Notes
- Section 13K: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 45).
- Section 13K(2): replaced, on , by section 14 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 21).
- Section 13K(2A): inserted, on , by section 14 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 21).