What’s the difference between equal pay and pay equity? | AUT Pay Equity Matters

Welcome to Auckland University of Technology’s (AUT) Research Matters! 🚀 AUT’s Research Matters video series is where AUT academics answer everyday questions about their fields of expertise. Get the answer to those questions you’ve always had – or maybe never knew to ask. What is pay equity, and why does it matter? 💼⚖️ From the gender pay gap to the differences between equal pay and pay equity, the conversation can get confusing fast, even though the impacts are felt every day. So, how does New Zealand compare to the rest of the world, and why does pay equity keep making headlines here? From historic action to practical steps forward, AUT’s Katherine Ravenswood is unpacking the big questions behind who gets paid what and why in her latest episode of Pay Equity Matters. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:31 What is pay equity? 01:40 Why does pay equity matter? 02:50 What’s the “gender pay gap”? 03:25 Compared to other countries, how does NZ do in terms of gender pay equity? 04:30 What’s equal pay vs pay equity? 05:33 Why is pay equity so often in the news? 07:09 What about the ethnic pay gap – what is it? 08:41 Should women in New Zealand go on strike like Iceland women did in 1975 and 2023 to get people to understand how much women’s work underpins society? 09:45 What can we do to help bring about pay equity? ℹ️ Gender pay gap resource: https://www.ilo.org/resource/other/gender-pay-gap 📖 Read more on the gender pay gap in NZ: https://www.women.govt.nz/gender-pay-gaps/new-zealands-gender-pay-gap/international-comparisons 🗺️ Learn more about the global gender pay gap: https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-gender-gap-report-2024/in-full/benchmarking-gender-gaps-2024-2e5f5cd886/ Want to learn more or take action? Click here: https://www.payequity.org.nz/