Equal Pay Bill
<N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 20. Women should receive the same pay as men where they do equal work, according to a Labour Party BUI introduced in Parliament today. The Equal Pay for 'Equal Work Bill was introduced by the Opposition junior whip, Mr R. L. Bailey (Heretaunga). It provides that every wagefixing authority shall eliminate differentiations based oh sex in scales of salary or wages of employees, “to the end that women shall be paid the same salaries or wages as men where as employees they do equal work under equal conditions.”
Elimination of any differentiation in pay scales would be in three stages. The differentiation would be reduced by one-third as soon as practicable after April 1 each year over three years. The provisions, if enacted, would come into force on April 1 next year, and equality of pay would be reached soon after April, 1973. Wage - fixing authorities would be empowered to vary the method of reaching parity of wages, so long as the method did not take longer than the system prescribed in the bill.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32302, 21 May 1970, Page 3
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182Equal Pay Bill Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32302, 21 May 1970, Page 3
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