Photo: RNZ/Marika Khabazi
The People's Select Committee gets underway in Wellington this morning, to hear submissions on the rushed-through changes to the Equal Pay Amendment Act. The legislation caused an uproar when it was passed under urgency in early May - with it effectively ending 33 claims from female-dominated workforces which sought to prove they were underpaid in comparison to similar male-dominated industries.
The urgency bypassed the usual select committee process, where parties could submit their views on the changes. It led former National Party Cabinet Minister Dame Marilyn Waring to take the unusual step of creating the People's Select Committee, with nine other former female MPs from across the political spectrum. She speaks to Susie about who'll be submitting today and what the Committee hopes to achieve.
