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Equal Pay Act 1972

Pay equity claims - Settling pay equity claim

13ZG: Application of section 63A of Employment Relations Act 2000 to pay equity bargaining

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"Rules for fair pay talks between employers and employees"

When you are bargaining for a pay equity claim, some rules from the Employment Relations Act 2000 apply. These rules are in section 63A of the Employment Relations Act 2000. They apply if you are an employer bargaining with an individual employee to settle a pay equity claim.

If you are an employer and you offer a pay equity claim settlement to an individual employee under section 13ZL(2), (4), or (5), these rules also apply. In this case, the rules in section 63A of the Employment Relations Act 2000 apply as if they were about a proposed pay equity claim settlement. This means you must follow these rules when bargaining for a pay equity claim settlement.

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Settling pay equity claim

13ZGApplication of section 63A of Employment Relations Act 2000 to pay equity bargaining

  1. The obligations in section 63A of the Employment Relations Act 2000 apply to pay equity bargaining only if—

  2. an employer is bargaining for settlement of a pay equity claim raised by an individual employee; or
    1. an employer offers the benefit of a pay equity claim settlement to an individual employee under section 13ZL(2), (4), or (5).

      1. If subsection (1) applies, the obligations in section 63A of the Employment Relations Act 2000 apply as if references in that section to an intended agreement were references to a proposed pay equity claim settlement.

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