Equal Pay Act 1972

Pay equity claims - Consolidation of claims

13M: Multiple union claims raised with single employer: unions must consolidate

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"When two unions make similar pay claims to the same employer, they must combine them into one claim."

If you are in a union and your union makes a pay equity claim with your employer, and then another union makes a similar claim with the same employer, something needs to happen. You and the other union need to combine your claims into one. Your employer must tell you and the other union to do this within five working days of getting the second claim.

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Part 4Pay equity claims
Consolidation of claims

13MMultiple union claims raised with single employer: unions must consolidate

  1. This section applies if a union raises (or multiple unions jointly raise) a pay equity claim with an employer (the first claim) and, before that claim is settled, another union raises a pay equity claim (the subsequent claim) with the same employer in respect of work that is the same as, or substantially similar to, the work to which the first claim relates.

  2. The unions must consolidate the claims.

  3. The employer must, within 5 working days of receiving the subsequent claim, give notice to each union that has raised a claim with the employer of the requirement to consolidate.

  4. If the unions cannot agree on how the consolidated claim will be progressed, any of them may apply to the Authority for a direction.

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