Pay equity
The New South Wales Government is currently preparing a submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment and Workplace Relations Inquiry into Pay Equity and Associated Issues Related to Increasing Female Participation in the Workforce. The terms of reference are:
- The adequacy of current data to reliably monitor employment changes that may impact on pay equity issues.
- The need for education and information among employers, employees and trade unions in relation to pay equity issues.
- Current structural arrangements in the negotiation of wages that may impact disproportionately on women.
- The adequacy of recent and current equal remuneration provisions in state and federal workplace relations legislation.
- The adequacy of current arrangements to ensure fair access to training and promotion for women who have taken maternity leave and/or returned to work part time and/or sought flexible work hours.
- The need for further legislative reform to address pay equity in Australia.
The New South Wales Government commends the Committee for undertaking the Inquiry.
