Closing pay gaps

System lead: Te Kawa Mataaho | Public Service Commission

Kia Toipoto is a comprehensive set of actions to help close gender, Māori, Pacific and ethnic pay gaps in the Public Service

Published guidance:Kia Toipoto – reducing pay gaps

Contact for further advice: equalpay@publicservice.govt.nz

Requirements and expectations

Crown Agents

Autonomous Crown Entities

Independent Crown Entities

Legal requirements:

Under Section 101 of the Public Service Act 2020, must give effect to Government Workforce Policy Statement

Ministerial expectations:

Set out in Enduring Letter of Expectations

Legal requirements:

Under Section 101 of the Public Service Act 2020, must have regard to Government Workforce Policy Statement

Ministerial expectations:

 Set out in Enduring Letter of Expectations

Legal requirements:

Under Section 101 of the Public Service Act 2020, must have regard to Government Workforce Policy Statement

Ministerial expectations:

Set out in Enduring Letter of Expectations

Pay equity

System lead: Te Kawa Mataaho | Public Service Commission

The Equal Pay Act 1972 sets out a clear process to raise, progress and resolve pay equity claims.  A critical part of the pay equity process is to assess and understand work in a gender-neutral way. This ensures work is understood and bias and assumptions are challenged

Published guidance: Te Kawa Mataaho Pay Equity landing page

Information to help work through a pay equity work assessment process is also available on the  Te Orowaru  page

Contact for further advice: pay.equity@publicservice.govt.nz

Requirements and expectations

Crown Agents

Autonomous Crown Entities

Independent Crown Entities

Legal requirements:

Set out in the amended Equal Pay Act 1972 provides a process for individual employees and unions to raise a pay equity claim directly with an employer for work, which may be subject to systemic sex-based discrimination

Legal requirements:

Set out in the amended Equal Pay Act 1972 provides a process for individual employees and unions to raise a pay equity claim directly with an employer for work, which may be subject to systemic sex-based discrimination

Legal requirements:

Set out in the amended Equal Pay Act 1972 provides a process for individual employees and unions to raise a pay equity claim directly with an employer for work, which may be subject to systemic sex-based discrimination

Workforce Policy Statement

System lead: Te Kawa Mataaho | Public Service Commission

Purpose of fostering a consistent, efficient and effective approach to the negotiation of employment agreements and effective management of employment relations

Published guidance: Workforce Policy Statement – see here also for recent pay guidance issued under section 95(c) of the Public Service Act 2020

Contact for further advice: employmentrelations@publicservice.govt.nz

Requirements and expectations

Crown Agents

Autonomous Crown Entities

Independent Crown Entities

Legal requirements:

Under Section 117 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 the Board must obtain written consent of the Public Service Commissioner before finalising terms and conditions for the Chief Executive of an entity

Ministerial expectations:

Chief Executive of entity will disclose remuneration annually as agreed by Cabinet in 2017

Legal requirements:

Under Section 117 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 the Board must obtain written consent of the Public Service Commissioner before finalising terms and conditions for the Chief Executive of an entity

Ministerial expectations:

Chief Executive of entity will disclose remuneration annually as agreed by Cabinet in 2017

Legal requirements:

Under Section 117 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 the Board must obtain written consent of the Public Service Commissioner before finalising terms and conditions for the Chief Executive of an entity

Ministerial expectations:

Chief Executive of entity will disclose remuneration annually as agreed byCabinet in 2017

Crown entity chief executive - terms and conditions and remuneration disclosure

System lead: Te Kawa Mataaho | Public Service Commission 

The Public Service Commissioner has a role in consenting to terms and conidtions for the chief executives of crown entites (including TEIs) – Section 117 of the Crown Entities Act 2004.

Disclosure of chief executives’ remuneration was agreed by Cabinet in 2017-

Published guidance: Crown entity chief executive remuneration

Contact for further advice: CERC@publicservice.govt.nz

Requirements and expectations

Crown Agents

Autonomous Crown Entities

Independent Crown Entities

Legal requirements:

Under Section 117 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 the Board must obtain written consent of the Public Service Commissioner before finalising terms and conditions for the Chief Executive of an entity

Ministerial expectations:

Chief Executive of entity will disclose remuneration annually as agreed by Cabinet in 2017

Legal requirements:

Under Section 117 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 the Board must obtain written consent of the Public Service Commissioner before finalising terms and conditions for the Chief Executive of an entity

Ministerial expectations:

Chief Executive of entity will disclose remuneration annually as agreed by Cabinet in 2017

Legal requirements:

Under Section 117 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 the Board must obtain written consent of the Public Service Commissioner before finalising terms and conditions for the Chief Executive of an entity

Ministerial expectations:

Chief Executive of entity will disclose remuneration annually as agreed by Cabinet in 2017