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The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions is calling on the Government to pass a law requiring all employers to take action on gender, Māori, Pacific, and other ethnic pay gaps. Today, the Human Rights Commission released an open letter urging the Government . ....
Pacific public servants are paid 19.5 percent less than non-Pasifika, and unions want to see efforts stepped up to address it. Lost in the recent furore around the public sector pay-freeze of high earners was the government s ongoing commitment to lifting the incomes of Pacific workers. The Public Service minister Chris Hipkins said It will not impact the work we are doing within the Public Service to close gender and ethnic pay gaps. In 2020, Pacific women public servants earned $68,200 on average, while Pacific men got $71,100. Pakeha men in the public service earned $94,700 which is 28 percent more than Pacific women. NZCTU Komiti Pasefika s Caroline Mareko ....