Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin councils are working alongside the PSA to establish fair pay for library assistants
A pay equity claim was lodged by the Public Service Association (PSA) in 2019 with Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin councils.
As pay equity work is an important issue for libraries and library staff across New Zealand, we expect this update will be of interest to the wider libraries and information management community.
The basis of the claim is that library assistant work is predominantly performed by women and has been historically undervalued. It was agreed that the claim was arguable and in late 2020 the parties entered a Bargaining Process Agreement.
Currently, 976 employees (653 FTE roles as of June 2024) are the focus of this claim. This number includes the variety of library assistant roles and shelvers employed by each of the six councils.
The process has involved extensive job task and responsibility analysis across library assistant roles in each council, and comparisons to jobs that require similar levels of skills, responsibility, and effort.
Formal negotiations started in late July 2024. The council teams are currently reviewing and considering all relevant information. All parties are currently preparing for negotiations to reconvene in November 2024.
The councils and PSA continue to work on reaching agreement on this pay equity claim as soon as possible.
A pay equity claim was lodged by the Public Service Association (PSA) in 2019 with Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin councils.
As pay equity work is an important issue for libraries and library staff across New Zealand, we expect this update will be of interest to the wider libraries and information management community.
The basis of the claim is that library assistant work is predominantly performed by women and has been historically undervalued. It was agreed that the claim was arguable and in late 2020 the parties entered a Bargaining Process Agreement.
Currently, 976 employees (653 FTE roles as of June 2024) are the focus of this claim. This number includes the variety of library assistant roles and shelvers employed by each of the six councils.
The process has involved extensive job task and responsibility analysis across library assistant roles in each council, and comparisons to jobs that require similar levels of skills, responsibility, and effort.
Formal negotiations started in late July 2024. The council teams are currently reviewing and considering all relevant information. All parties are currently preparing for negotiations to reconvene in November 2024.
The councils and PSA continue to work on reaching agreement on this pay equity claim as soon as possible.
Tertiary Education Union Pay Equity Claim Update
There has been some progress in the TEU claim, although they are a few steps behind the PSA claim as the TEU claim was lodged a couple of years after the PSA claim.
There has been some progress in the TEU claim, although they are a few steps behind the PSA claim as the TEU claim was lodged a couple of years after the PSA claim.
- The union / employer process arrangement has been signed off
- They have agreed on an appropriate job evaluation tool to be used for these claims
- The unions held a series of workshops on university sites to outline the investigation process, the tool to be used, and the interview process.
- And they have started work on agreeing an interview process.
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