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84: Delegation of Commissioner’s functions and powers to negotiate pay equity claim

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"The boss of the public service can pass some jobs to other leaders to help fix unfair pay problems."

The Commissioner can give some of their jobs and powers to a chief executive of a department or to a board of an interdepartmental venture, under clause 6 of Schedule 3. This means the chief executive or board can help negotiate a pay equity claim. The Commissioner can also say that the chief executive or board must work with other chief executives or boards when negotiating a pay equity claim. The Commissioner can add other conditions to the jobs and powers they give to the chief executive or board. You can find more information about this in section 81 and section 83.

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Part 3People working in public service
Public service workforce: Pay equity claims

84Delegation of Commissioner’s functions and powers to negotiate pay equity claim

  1. The Commissioner may, under clause 6 of Schedule 3, delegate to a chief executive of a department or to a board of an interdepartmental venture the Commissioner’s functions and powers under section 81 and 83.

  2. The delegation may be subject to a direction or condition requiring the chief executive or board to conduct negotiations in relation to a pay equity claim in consultation with any other chief executive of a department or board of an interdepartmental venture.

  3. Subsection (2) does not limit the directions or conditions the Commissioner may specify in relation to the delegation.

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  • Section 84(1): amended, on , by section 31 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 45).