22268 (2025). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety

22268 (2025). Teanau Tuiono to the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety: What advice, if any, did the Minister receive prior to the introduction of legislation that would halt pay equity claims about halting the following claims listed by date and title: -Social Service Workers (5 NGOs) -Primary practice nurses and health care assistants -CSWs 1 -CSWs 2 -CSWs 3 -Front line Managers and Coordinators -Plunket Administration/Clerical -Plunket Nurses and Clinical -Community Midwives in Primary birthing units -Hospice Nurses and Health Care Assistants (Nurse Practitioners, RNs, ENs HCA) -Primary Care Administration -Primary Care Nurses -Access Community Nurses -Labtests Awanui -Nurses in Residential Care -NZ Artificial Limb Service -Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa?

Hon Brooke van Velden: I refer the member to my answer to written question 22257 (2025). I note the Government's pay equity changes were designed to improve the overall process for raising and resolving pay equity claims, and were not in response to any specific claim.