Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - New Zealand (Ratification: 1983)

1. Measures to promote the application of the Convention. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government on the activities undertaken by the various ministries, the Human Rights Commission, the State Services Commission, the National Advisory Council on the Employment of Women, and the Equal Employment Opportunities Trust, and other relevant bodies. The Government is asked to continue to provide such information in its future reports.

2. Enforcement. The Committee notes that during the reporting period, the labour inspectors received two equal pay complaints under the Equal Pay Act. One equal pay case was brought before the Employment Relations Authority under the Employment Relations Act, two complaints involving gender pay discrimination were made to the Human Rights Commission under the Human Rights Act, one of which was heard by the Human Rights Review Tribunal. Please continue to provide information on the number, nature and outcomes of equal pay cases dealt with by the bodies competent to enforce equal pay legislation, and to provide indications as to the proportion of equal pay cases brought as compared to the total of cases involving allegations and instances of sex discrimination.