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Employment Equity Act 1990  061
Commenced: 1 Oct 1990
III: Pay Equity
Pay Equity Assessments
50   Objects of pay equity assessment




   50. Objects of pay equity assessment---(1) The objects of a pay equity
 assessment are---
   (a) To obtain the data that will enable the Commissioner to determine
         whether gender bias exists in levels of remuneration; and
   (b) Where the Commissioner determines that gender bias in levels of
         remuneration exists, the extent of that gender bias.

   (2) In making a pay equity assessment, the Commissioner shall assess
 the difference between---
   (a) The remuneration paid within the female occupation; and
   (b) The remuneration that, in the opinion of the Commissioner, would
         be paid within a male occupation that required of its members
         that they---
           (i) Work in and under similar conditions; and
           (ii) Carry out work requiring, in an overall sense, the same
         skills, effort, and responsibility as the female occupation
         requires of its members.
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