COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS — PAY EQUITY UNIT
278. Hon ALISON XAMON to the minister
representing the Minister for Commerce and Industrial Relations:
I refer to my
question on notice 342 regarding the pay equity unit, and to the minister's
response that the government was examining appropriate equal remuneration
strategies to address pay equity issues:
(1) Which strategies
have been examined?
(2) Will any
strategies be implemented?
(3) If yes to (2),
please advise which strategies will be implemented.
(4) If no to (2),
why not?
Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN replied:
I thank the member
for the question. The Minister for Commerce and Industrial Relations has
provided the following information.
(1)
The ministerial review of the state industrial relations system is currently
being conducted by Mr Mark Ritter, SC, assisted by Mr Stephen Price, MLA. One
of the eight terms of reference for the review reads —
Consider the
inclusion of an equal remuneration provision in the Industrial Relations Act
1979 with the objective of facilitating the conduct of equal remuneration cases
and other initiatives in the Western Australian Industrial Relations
Commission.
The interim report of the review
was released on 20 March 2018.
(2) The
government will consider any equal remuneration strategies recommended by the
review after the final report is provided to government.
(3)–(4) Not applicable.