Care and Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlement Act 2017
If you work in the care and support industry (for example, in a retirement village or rest home), you’re covered by specific minimum wage rates, which have been increasing each year from 2017 to 2021.
If you started working for your employer before 1 July 2017, your particular minimum rate will depend on your length of experience. If you started working for them on or after 1 July 2017, your minimum rate will depend on your qualifications. Employers also have to support their workers in getting qualifications.
You can find out about these special rates at: www.health.govt.nz if you search “care and support workers pay equity settlement”
Those special rules for care and support workers are in the Care and Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlement Act 2017. That Act was passed to give effect to a 2017 negotiated settlement after a pay equity claim was raised in the Employment Court, see “Pay equity for women in work” below.