Equal Pay Act 1972

Pay equity claims - Obligation on employers to keep pay equity records

13ZZF: Pay equity records

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"Keeping a record of pay equity claims and what happens with them"

If you are an employer and someone makes a pay equity claim, you must keep a record of it. You have to record the claim and what happens with it. This includes what you decide about the claim and any notices you give to the person who made the claim.

You must keep a record of your decisions, such as if you think the claim does not meet the requirements set out in section 13E, or if you think the claim has merit, as decided under section 13Q. You also need to keep a record of any notices you give to the claimant under section 13S. If you decide that no suitable comparators are available, or that the employees do not all do the same or similar work, you must keep a record of these decisions, as made under section 13ZEA and section 13ZEB.

You need to keep a record of the outcomes of any pay equity bargaining and any notifications to affected employees under section 13V. You must also keep a record of any recommendation by the Authority during facilitation. This helps you keep track of what is happening with the claim.

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Part 4Pay equity claims
Obligation on employers to keep pay equity records

13ZZFPay equity records

  1. Every employer who has received 1 or more pay equity claims must keep a record showing—

  2. every pay equity claim lodged by a claimant; and
    1. in relation to each pay equity claim,—
      1. if the employer decides under section 13PB that, in its view, the claim does not meet all requirements set out in section 13E, the notice of that decision given to the claimant under that section; and
        1. the employer’s decision under section 13Q as to whether, in its view, the claim has merit and the notice of that decision given to the claimant under section 13S; and
          1. if the employer decides under section 13ZEA that no appropriate comparators are available for selection for use in assessing the claim, the notice of that decision given to the claimant under that section; and
            1. if the employer decides under section 13ZEB that, in its view, the employees covered by the claim do not all perform work that is the same or substantially similar, the notice of that decision given to the claimant under that section; and
              1. the outcomes of any pay equity bargaining; and
                1. all notifications to affected employees under section 13V; and
                  1. any recommendation by the Authority during facilitation.
                  Notes
                  • Section 13ZZF: inserted, on , by section 18 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 45).
                  • Section 13ZZF(b)(i): replaced, on , by section 44 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 21).
                  • Section 13ZZF(b)(ia): inserted, on , by section 44 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 21).
                  • Section 13ZZF(b)(ib): inserted, on , by section 44 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 21).
                  • Section 13ZZF(b)(ic): inserted, on , by section 44 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 21).