Nursing Pay Equity
Welcome to the NZNO Nursing Pay Equity page.
In a ballot which closed on 31 July 2023, NZNO/PSA members who work for Te Whatu Ora in nursing/health roles (alongside some people who are not union members) voted to accept the proposed Nursing Pay Equity settlement agreement, which arose from mediation ordered by the Employment Relations Authority.
This is a major milestone in the history of nursing in Aotearoa New Zealand and it is a long overdue step towards addressing the significant gender-based inequality nurses, midwives, health care assistants and kaimahi hauora face in their work every day.
This means the new Pay Equity rates became the effective rates in the NZNO/Te Whatu Ora collective agreement 2022, which was also ratified by members on 7 August 2023.
Now that the proposed Pay Equity settlement has been accepted, the parties have also agreed that all Pay Equity litigation before the Employment Relations Authority (fixing the rates, senior nurse rates, ongoing Pay Equity assurance mechanism) and in the Employment Court (Pay Equity back pay) will cease.
The next step for NZNO will be addressing the need for Pay Parity across all nursing sectors using these rates as a benchmark. Pay Parity is a matter of wage justice and essential to Maranga Mai!. It will mean nurses can work where they believe they can best contribute, rather than where they can earn enough to pay the bills. It will also help end the discriminatory wages and conditions faced by Māori and iwi, Pasifika, rural and other disadvantaged health service providers.
- Download the proposed Nursing Pay Equity Terms of Settlement (now accepted).
- See also: Nurses vote to accept proposed Pay Equity agreement, NZNO media release 31 July 2023
- Read the Te Whatu Ora FAQs document
- The payment dates for each district, as advised by Te Whatu Ora, can be found here
Are you a former Te Whatu Ora employee? Fill in the form at the following link and send to the relevant email address included in the form: Final Nursing Pay Equity Payment Application Form for Previous Employees who terminated from 1st January 2020
Member updates
- 2023-09-28 Delays in payments - collective letter presented to Margie Apa
- 2023-09-22 Delays in Collective Agreement and Pay Equity payments
- 2023-07-31 Nurses vote to accept proposed Pay Equity agreement
- 2023-07-27 Proposed Nursing Pay Equity settlement agreement update
- 2023-07-21 Pay Equity ballot launches on Monday 24 July 2023
- 2023-07-19 Proposed Nursing Pay Equity settlement – rates and back pay
- 2023-07-17 Proposed Nursing Pay Equity settlement – online meetings
- 2023-07-03 Proposed Nursing Pay Equity settlement
- 2023-06-01 NZNO and PSA directed into mediation
- 2023-05-05 Express your thoughts about interim Pay Equity payment delays
- 2023-02-24 Court action status update
- 2023-02-10 Court action status update
- 2023-01-27 Court action status update
- 2022-12-23 NZNO holiday hours 2022-2023 and Member Support Centre information
- 2022-12-16 Nursing Pay Equity (interim order regarding pay rates)
- 2022-12-09 Nursing Pay Equity (hearing update)
- 2022-11-25 Nursing Pay Equity (hearing commences)
- 2022-11-11 Nursing Pay Equity Update
- 2022-10-31 Nursing Pay Equity (hearing postponement)
- 2022-10-28 Nursing Pay Equity Update (Meeting details)
- 2022-10-14 Nursing Pay Equity Update (Meeting and hearing dates))
- 2022-10-04 Pay Equity Update (Judicial processes are according to schedule )
- 2022-09-28 New Nursing Pay Equity (Base rates filed with the ERA)
- 2022-09-16 Nursing Pay Equity Update (Peter Cranney meets with members)
- 2022-09-12 Pay Equity Update (Peter Cranney brings us up to speed)
- 2022-07-19 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update (Update on meeting between the parties)
- 2022-06-15 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 34 (Update on Pay Equity mediation)
- 2022-05-18 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 33 (Filing with the ERA and next steps)
- 2022-05-16 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 32 (Brief Update on filing for the ERA)
- 2022-05-05 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 31 (Nursing Pay Equity Settlement Poll Reminder)
- 2022-04-29 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 30 (Nursing Pay Equity Settlement Poll)
- 2022-04-19 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 29 (Important information about next steps)
- 2022-04-14 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 28 (Legal review finds proposed settlement contrary to Equal Pay Act)
- 2022-04-11 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 27 (Legal Review of the proposed settlement)
- 2022-04-08 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 26 (Proposed Nursing Pay Equity settlement release)
- 2022-03-30 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 25 (Notification for ratification process)
- 2022-03-25 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 24 (Settlement details coming week ending 8 April)
- 2022-03-15 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 23 (Report on meeting between the parties)
- 2022-03-11 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 22 (Settlement meeting delayed)
- 2022-02-24 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 21 (Settlement document received)
- 2022-02-16 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 20 (Notification for ratification process)
- 2022-01-25 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 19 (More info on agreement in principle)
- 2021-12-22 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 18 (Agreement in principle)
- 2021-11-30 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 17
- 2021-10 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 16 (PDF, 242KB)
- 2021-09 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 15 (PDF, 144KB)
- 2020-12 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 14 (PDF, 309KB)
- 2020-11 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 13 (PDF, 212KB)
- 2020-09 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 12 (PDF, 229KB)
- 2020-06 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 11 (PDF, 271KB)
- 2020-05 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 10 (PDF, 348KB)
- 2020-04 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 09 (PDF, 226KB)
- 2020-02 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 08 (PDF, 252KB)
- 2019-12 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 07 (PDF, 252KB)
- 2019-10 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 06 (PDF, 211KB)
- 2019-08 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 05 (PDF, 245KB)
- 2019-07 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 04 (PDF, 172KB)
- 2019-05 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 03 (PDF, 406KB)
- 2019-03 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 02 (PDF, 346KB)
- 2018-12 NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Update 01 (PDF, 252KB)
Documents
- Pay Equity Work Assessment Factor Plan User Handbook (PDF, 523KB)
- Questionnaire Recorder Handbook (PDF, 371KB)
- Where NZNO fits in the Governments Pay Equity Plan for the Health Sector (PDF, 1030KB)
- Pay Equity Principles 2019 (PDF, 301KB)
- DHB/Nurses Pay Equity Claim – Bargaining Process Terms of Reference (PDF, 282KB)
- DHB/Midwifery Pay Equity Claim – Bargaining Process Terms of Reference (PDF, 440KB)
- NZNO/DHB Pay Equity Teams (PDF, 203KB)