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Care and Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlement Act 2017
Public Act
2017 No 24
Date of assent
14 June 2017
Commencement
see section 2
Contents
1
Title
2
Commencement
Part 1
Preliminary provisions
3
Purpose
4
Overview
5
Interpretation
6
Transitional, savings, and related provisions
7
Act binds the Crown
Part 2
Care and support worker entitlements and employer obligations
Extinguishing and barring claims under Equal Pay Act 1972 by care and support workers
8
Existing claims extinguished and potential claims barred
Wage rates
9
Minimum hourly wage rates
10
Weekend and night penal rates
11
Previous agreements that require allowances for service or qualifications unenforceable
Support for training
12
Employers must ensure care and support workers are able to gain qualifications
Enforcement
13
Compliance dispute is employment relationship problem
14
Care and support worker may recover unpaid or underpaid wages
15
Failure to comply with training obligations constitutes grounds for personal grievance
Relationship between this Act and employment agreements
16
This Act overrides terms and conditions of employment agreements
17
Employer and care and support worker may negotiate more favourable terms and conditions
Part 3
Funding of employers and miscellaneous provisions
Subpart 1—Funding of employers
18
Funding amounts increased
19
Records to support additional funding
Subpart 2—Consequential amendments and repeal of this Act
20
Amendments to Employment Relations Act 2000
21
Repeal of this Act
Schedule 1
Transitional, savings, and related provisions
Schedule 2
Minimum hourly wages
Legislative history
Administrative information
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: