Page 60 - Equal Pay Act News Today

Scoop Community provides New Zealand Community news and views

Wayne Brown (or is that Matthew Hooton) has over the past few days released a series of letters that are astonishing in their audacity.  His latest on transport proposes business as usual at a time when dramatic change is required.  

Having childcare ‘substantially’ boosts women’s mental health, research into the impact of school closures has found.

Scoop Community provides New Zealand Community news and views

Daily review is also your post. This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Don’t forget to be kind to each other …

Business Scoop provides news and views on Business and Markets from New Zealand

Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …

The Equal Pay Act, sponsored by Senator Barbara Mikulski (D., Md.), is a laughably bad idea — almost a parody of liberal interventionism in the market. Under the law, there is federal funding for girls’ negotiation training and grant awards for reducing gender discrimination. It bestows on disgruntled employees yet more grounds on which to sue their employers for alleged discrimination – when, in most cases, the malcontents are just sub-par employees.

Economic abuse, systemic discrimination, unconscious bias, and utter disrespect are just some of the lived experiences Pasifika community members have faced in the workplace in Aotearoa.

It found employers have prejudice against Pacific names, an undervaluing of qualifications held by Pasifika people, and a lack of pay transparency.