NZ Supreme Court clears way for unprecedented pay equity nonsense

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a groundbreaking bid to establish equal pay rates for women that could be worth "hundreds of millions of dollars".

In a decision today it left the way open for the Employment Court to determine what the pay rate should be for work predominantly done by women, by calculating what men would be paid to do the same work.

The Employment Court previously found that process was set out in law, and the Court of Appeal agreed.

The Supreme Court today said it would be premature for it to grant TerraNova Homes and Care leave to appeal the Appeal Court decision, but further applications could be made in future.

Lower Hutt rest home caregiver Kristine Bartlett, with the support of the Service and Food Workers Union, agreed to front a test case against aged care provider TerraNova, her employer. The union also lodged a separate claim on behalf of a group of workers, arguing the Employment Court had the power under the Equal Pay Act to determine equal pay.

Today's decision meant that in 2015 the Employment Court would be doing something for the first time - setting principles to decide on how to establish pay equity claims across employment sectors., New Zealand Aged Care Association chief executive Martin Taylor said.

"This will be groundbreaking law setting. It has not been done anywhere in the world. It also has the potential to impact on every workplace in New Zealand, and will lay the framework for pay equity claims for all workplaces."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/64398514/supreme-court-dismisses-equal-pay-bid-appeal

OK, as an employer, I'm now starting off by paying men less...

Now WTF r they gonna do?

NZ Supreme Court clears way for unprecedented pay equity nonsense

NZ Supreme Court clears way for unprecedented pay equity nonsense

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