NZNO Welcomes Pay Equity Announcement

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi
Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) welcomes this afternoon’s
announcement by Te Whatu Ora that it will apply to the
Employment Relations Authority (ERA) to request it to order
large Pay Equity increases to nurses.

These will be
interim increases with the final increases still to be
determined by the ERA. Final backpay will still be
determined by the Employment Court and, if necessary, the
ERA.

“NZNO will be pressing these issues promptly. The
rates now set are only a part of the final Pay Equity rates
which are still to be finalised,” said NZNO Chief Executive
Paul Goulter.

“The announcement today is step in the
right direction towards the goal of just wages for the
36,000 or so NZNO members who work for Te Whatu Ora, and who
have been unjustly denied equality for a long
time.”

Paul Goulter said the NZNO will support Te
Whatu Ora’s interim application to the ERA and will
immediately accelerate its efforts for achieving Pay
Equity.

However, he said that at this stage the union
is still working through the details of the application and
on communicating with NZNO members about the
announcement.

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