Missed opportunity for Govt to support women
Missed opportunity for Govt to support women
Women have been denied the opportunity to know when they are being underpaid, by a Government that is not prioritising women’s issues, the Green Party said today.
“When the Government voted against my bill this evening, they denied women the right to know if they are being underpaid in the workplace,” Green Party women’s spokesperson Jan Logie said.
“My member’s bill would have had employers adding gender to their payroll reporting requirements, and allowed employees access to that aggregated information to see if they are being paid fairly.
“With the gender pay gap stagnating between 12 and 14% percent in New Zealand, we know that we need to do more to see women paid fairly.
“The
Government tonight voted against pay transparency measures
that would help fix the gender pay gap and would see women
paid more.
“When the Government put out their draft
Equal Pay Bill, it was a golden opportunity to put in
measures like my Bill to help women get paid more. Instead,
they have completely redrafted the bill and made it harder
for women to get equal pay.
“We can take action to get
women paid more, but every step of the way the Government
has prioritised reducing fiscal liability over the rights of
New Zealand women to a better deal,” Ms Logie
said.