Understanding Caregiver Wages in Aged Residential Care
A number of inaccurate statements have been made in the media about aged residential care following the findings of the Court of Appeal in favour of the Service and Food Workers Union and aged care...
View ArticleHigher pay could close resthomes
The financial impact of higher staff wages in aged-care homes could force some operations to close, a sector group says. New Zealand Aged Care Association chief executive Martin Taylor said the...
View ArticleWin for equal pay campaign
The campaign for pay equity has been given another boost with an Appeal Court decision released today. The question of whether women should be paid the same as similarly skilled men in different...
View ArticlePay equity ruling sparks aged-care funding concern
New Zealand's aged-care industry could be crippled by yesterday's Court of Appeal decision which paves the way for genuine pay equity for women, a Mosgiel rest-home chief executive says. The Court of...
View ArticleTerraNova’s loss highlights issues faced by aged care sector
Today TerraNova Homes and Care Limited lost their case in the Court of Appeal. This was an attempt to overturn the Employment Court’s decision made in favour of the Service and Food Workers Union and...
View ArticleCourt ruling a big win for female workers
OPINION: Readers are likely to be familiar with the name of Kristine Bartlett, whose recent victory in the Court of Appeal has been in the news. Bartlett is employed as a caregiver at a rest home owned...
View ArticleWal-Mart must compensate Quebec workers: SCOC
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in favour of Quebec workers who lost their jobs at a Wal-Mart store in Jonquiere, Que., after it shut its doors suddenly months after its employees...
View ArticleSupreme Court limits who must pay public-sector union fees
WASHINGTON — Public employee unions suffered a bloody nose at the hands of the Supreme Court on Monday when it ruled that certain government employees don’t have to pay union dues even when their...
View ArticleCaregiver Pay Case A Sector Funding Issue
Thursday, 19 December 2013, 4:35 pm Press Release: Media release from NZ Aged Care Association Caregiver Pay Case A Sector Funding Issue The NZ Aged Care Association believes the Bartlett vs Terranova...
View ArticleCourt ruling on equal pay hailed
Low-paid female caregivers and their unions are celebrating a historic Employment Court decision that rules they must be paid at the same rate as men. The outcome is being hailed as the greatest...
View ArticleRest home gender pay imbalances to be examined in court
A court case to determine if male workers are unfairly being paid more than their female counterparts at an elderly residential care home may set an important precedent for female-dominant industries,...
View ArticleCourt backs KiwiSaver ruling
A landmark ruling effectively raising the minimum wage has scaled its latest hurdle. The Court of Appeal chose yesterday to uphold last year's decision by the Employment Court that employers paying the...
View ArticlePay inequality in rest homes - caregiver
A woman working as a caregiver at an elderly residential care home says she is being paid less than her male colleagues who carry out the same job. Kristine Robyn Bartlett works for Terranova Homes and...
View ArticleAged care workers rally for gender pay equality
An aged care worker at the centre of a landmark pay equality case is confident the ruling will not be overturned on appeal.The Employment Court last year found in favour of Lower Hutt caregiver...
View ArticleJudgment: SFWU, Bartlett v Terranove Homes and Care Ltd
Friday, 23 August 2013, 12:45 pm Press Release: [Full judgment: 2013_NZEmpC_157_SFWU_vTerranova_Homes_and_Ca.pdf] IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND [2013] NZEmpC 157 ARC 63/12 IN THE MATTER OF an...
View ArticleEqual pay case under appeal
Appealing an equal pay case has put the aged care industry into an ''awkward situation'' because it would ''love'' to pay carers more, Aged Care Association Otago Southland board member Malcolm Hendry...
View ArticleResthome worker sets gender pay equality precedent
A resthome worker who was paid less than $15 an hour after working in the industry for more than 20 years has set a precedent for gender pay equality in the industry after taking her case to the...
View ArticleRuling may lift wages in rest homes by a quarter
Grandmother has been in job for 20 years and still only earns $14.44 an hour The country's 20,000 rest home caregivers could be in line for pay rises averaging about 27 per cent after a historic...
View ArticleThousands could join class action
Thousands of caregivers will be invited to join a class action in the wake of a court judgement clearing the way for a challenge on the basis of gender discrimination, Service and Food Workers' Union...
View ArticleWage equality for carers to be tested in court
Caregiver Kristine Bartlett believes her hourly wage of $14.46 is less than what would be paid to male employees with the same or similar skills. And she's about to test pay equality in court. Ms...
View ArticleRest home test case for equal pay
Pay equality for women is set to be tested in what legal experts describe as a landmark case that could pave the way for many more claims. The Service and Food Workers Union has launched the legal...
View ArticlePaycase: Crown applies to intervene
The Crown has asked to intervene in a landmark carer pay case because of its wide-reaching implications for public policy, a spokesman for Attorney-general Chris Finlayson confirmed yesterday. Lower...
View ArticleCaregivers equal pay case now “unstoppable”
Monday, 3 February 2014, 9:37 am Press Release: MEDIA RELEASE: SERVICE AND FOOD WORKERS UNION 3 February 2014 Caregivers equal pay case now “unstoppable” “Caregivers will take another step towards...
View Article'No comment' on gender pay decision
Health Minister Tony Ryall declined to comment on a landmark gender pay decision when he visited Dunedin yesterday. Carer Kristine Bartlett is paid $14.32 after 20 years in the industry, and the...
View ArticleEmployer Delaying Inevitable with Equal Pay Appeal
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 3:23 pm Press Release: Wednesday, 18 September Employer Delaying Inevitable with Equal Pay Appeal The union that supported caregiver Kristine Bartlett in her claim for...
View ArticlePursuing the right for equality a Kiwi value
OPINION: New Zealand women have a history of actively pursuing their rights. In 1893 New Zealand was the first self-governing country to give women the vote. One hundred and 20 years later a Lower Hutt...
View ArticleLandmark Pay Equity case; TerraNova's decision to Appeal
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 3:16 pm Press Release: EMBARGOED UNTIL 3:00 p.m. 18th September 2013 Landmark Pay Equity case; TerraNova explains its decision to Appeal. By TerraNova Homes & Care...
View ArticleLandmark ruling in fight over pay discrimination
Tens of thousands of women have been given a new weapon in the fight for equal pay after a landmark court decision. Both sides of the debate have called the Employment Court's ruling on Thursday a...
View ArticlePay spat puts spotlight on wider issue
The issue of pay equity for women was like "Pandora's box" and would have to be opened at some point, the Court of Appeal has heard. Rest home TerraNova Homes & Care is appealing against an...
View ArticleHigh stakes legal battle for rest homes
A legal battle over gender pay equality could cost the aged care industry up to $160 million if the unions representing caregivers are successful, the industry body says. The country's major rest home...
View ArticleIndustry criticised for bias over 'women's work'
Some of the most poorly paid women have been thrown a lifeline in the battle for equal pay, with a landmark court decision in their favour. The Employment Court has also accused female-dominated...
View ArticleGovernment may step in on pay court case
The Government is considering intervening in a landmark court case that could increase the pay of tens of thousands of female workers. The case, instigated by the Service and Food Workers Union,...
View ArticleTerraNova Case Appealed To Supreme Court
Today the New Zealand Aged Care Association will appeal to the Supreme Court on behalf of TerraNova Homes and Care Limited in their case with the Service and Food Workers’ Union and Kristine Bartlett....
View ArticleAppeal Court hears case for pay equity
Pay equity for women has again reached the courts, with thousands of workers and employers keenly watching the result. The question about whether women should be paid the same as similarly skilled men...
View ArticleLandmark gender pay equality ruling appealed
An aged care provider at the centre of a landmark court decision paving the way for gender pay equality has filed an appeal against the ruling. The Employment Court last month ruled in favour of Lower...
View ArticleCase to highlight low wages in private sector aged care
A High Court case in Auckland this week will highlight the low wages aged care workers receive in the private sector compared with their District Health Board counterparts, the New Zealand Aged Care...
View ArticleEqual Pay Decision Welcomed
Saturday, 24 August 2013, 3:44 pm Press Release: Equal Pay Decision Welcomed The New Zealand Federation of Business & Professional Women (BPW NZ) is pleased with the outcome of yesterday’s...
View ArticleCourt’s decision helps to pave the way for pay equity
The Public Service Association (PSA) has welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision this afternoon to deny leave to appeal in the Kristine Bartlett / Terranova Homes pay equity case. The case now returns to...
View ArticleEqual Pay Victory for Caregivers
Friday, 23 August 2013, 12:27 pm Press Release: Pay Equity Challenge Coalition Media Release 23 August 2013 Equal Pay Victory for Caregivers The Pay & Employment Equity Challenge Coalition...
View ArticleCourt of Appeal: more work required (Business New Zealand)
(Source: Business New Zealand) 28 Oct 2014 BusinessNZ has expressed caution regarding today's judgement in the Terranova* pay equity case. Employment Manager Paul Mackay says the Appeal Court's...
View ArticleSupreme Court Declines to Hear Terranova Appeal
Today, the Supreme Court decided not to accept an appeal by the New Zealand Aged Care Association in the case of Kristine Bartlett vs. Terranova Homes and Care Ltd. The decision is based on a view that...
View ArticleSFWU Welcomes Supreme Court Decision
The Service and Food Workers Union has welcomed today’s Supreme Court decision not to hear a further appeal by Terranova against caregiver Kristine Bartlett’s quest for equal pay. Both the Employment...
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