The announcement by the Government that it is scrapping the Department of Labour's Pay and Employment Equity Unit is a chance to put forward to cabinet the legislative changes that are needed, say the National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ) who has been demanding equal pay for equal work

The axing of the Department of Labour's Pay and Employment Equity Unit yesterday is just another example of National's lack of commitment to human rights and equity issues, said Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty today.

14 May 2009 - The government needs to show its commitment to women with more than just words says TEU women's vice president, Sandra Grey, following its announcement that it will be disestablishing the Department of Labour's Pay and Employment Equity Unit (PaEE).

14 May 2009 - The government's decision to scrap the Department of Labour's Pay and Employment Equity Unit puts the final nail in the pay equity coffin for thousands of low paid women workers, according to the education sector union NZEI Te Riu Roa.

The decision today by the National Party Government to abolish the Department of Labour's Pay and Employment Equity Unit shows an absolute disregard for the thousands of women workers in this country whose work is undervalued simply because they are women, said CTU President Helen Kelly.