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Public Service Act 2020

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81: Interpretation

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"What special words mean in the Public Service Act 2020"

When you read sections 82 to 83B, you need to know what some words mean. Facilitation of bargaining means helping people negotiate under sections 13ZP to 13ZX of the Equal Pay Act 1972. You can find these sections on the Equal Pay Act 1972 webpage.

A pay equity claim is when someone says they are not being paid fairly, and they tell the boss of their department about it. The meaning of pay equity claim comes from section 2(1) of the Equal Pay Act 1972. A pay equity claim settlement means the same thing as in section 2(1) of the Equal Pay Act 1972.

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

81Interpretation

  1. In sections 82 to 83B,—

    facilitation of bargaining means facilitation of bargaining under sections 13ZP to 13ZX of the Equal Pay Act 1972

      pay equity claim means a pay equity claim within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Equal Pay Act 1972 that is raised with the chief executive of a department or, as the case may be, the board of an interdepartmental venture as employer

        pay equity claim settlement has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Equal Pay Act 1972.

        Notes
        • Section 81: replaced, on , by section 30 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 45).