New Zealand Acts

EQUAL PAY ACT 1972 - SECT 13ZA

13ZA New employees covered by union-raised claim

1 This section applies if—

a) 1 or more unions raise a pay equity claim with an employer; and

b) the claim has not been settled; and

c) a person (the
"new employee" ) is employed to perform work that is the same as, or substantially similar to, the work that is the subject of the pay equity claim.

2 The employer must give notice of the pay equity claim to the new employee as soon as practicable and no later than 20 working days after the new employee commences employment.

3 The notice must—

a) contain the information set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2 ; and

b) state the date on which it is given; and

c) be given in writing and expressed in plain language.

4 If the new employee does not opt out by giving the employer notice in writing under section 13Y within 20 working days of the date of the notice under subsection (2), the employer must give notice to the union or unions of the name of the new employee and the employee’s contact details for the provision of written information.

History: Section 13ZA: inserted, on 6 November 2020, by section 18 of the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2020 (2020 No 45).