Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Act 2017

Support entitlements and employer obligations - Enforcement

13: Compliance dispute is employment relationship problem

You could also call this:

"Disputes with your employer about pay equity are employment problems"

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If you have a dispute about whether your employer is following this Act, it is an employment relationship problem. This means it is defined as such in section 5 of the Employment Relations Act 2000. You must resolve this dispute according to the Employment Relations Act 2000.

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12: Employers must ensure support workers are able to gain qualifications, or

"Employers must help support workers get qualifications"

14: Support worker may recover unpaid or underpaid wages, or

"Getting paid fairly: recovering unpaid wages"

Part 2Support entitlements and employer obligations
Enforcement

13Compliance dispute is employment relationship problem

A dispute about whether an employer is complying, or has complied, with this Act—
is an employment relationship problem within the meaning of that term in section 5 of the Employment Relations Act 2000; and
must be resolved in accordance with that Act.