Equal Pay Act 1972

Pay equity claims - Settling pay equity claim

13ZK: Copy of pay equity claim settlement to be delivered to chief executive

You could also call this:

"Send a copy of your pay equity agreement to the boss of the government department"

When you reach a pay equity claim settlement, you need to send a copy to the chief executive. This happens when you and the other parties agree in writing, as described in section 13ZH(3), or when the Authority or the court makes a decision. You must send the copy as soon as possible after the settlement is reached.

You have to make sure the copy includes any documents that are part of the settlement, unless those documents are already publicly available. The chief executive gets the department of State that looks after this Act running.

The chief executive can only use the information in the settlement copies for statistical or analytical purposes, not for anything else.

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Part 4Pay equity claims
Settling pay equity claim

13ZKCopy of pay equity claim settlement to be delivered to chief executive

  1. This section applies if a pay equity claim settlement is reached (whether that settlement is reached by the parties recording an agreement in writing as described in section 13ZH(3) or by the Authority or the court making a determination described in section 13ZH(1)(b)(ii) or (iii)).

  2. Each employer who is a party to a pay equity claim settlement must ensure that, as soon as practicable after the settlement is reached, a copy of the settlement agreement or determination (as applicable) is delivered to the chief executive of the department of State that is responsible for the administration of this Act.

  3. The copy of the settlement delivered to the chief executive must include any document referred to, or incorporated by reference, in the settlement, unless the document is publicly available.

  4. The information contained in the copies of pay equity claim settlements delivered to the chief executive under subsection (2) may not be used by the chief executive for purposes other than statistical or analytical purposes.

Notes
  • Section 13ZK: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 45).
  • Section 13ZK(1): amended, on , by section 31 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 21).