AUSTRALIA

Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Includes:

• Sex discrimination in the workplace

• Equal Pay Handbook

NSW Department of Commerce, Office of Industrial Relations

Includes:

• Pay Equity Research Series

• NSW Governments Approach to Pay Equity

• NSW Governments Pay Equity Strategy

• NSW Pay Equity Task Force

• NSW Pay Equity Inquiry

• Equal Remuneration Principle

Director of Equal Opportunity in Public Employment

Includes

• Pay Equity Case Study – Librarians and Geologists

• 1998 Pay Equity Inquiry

Public Service Association of NSW, Pay Equity

Includes:

• Equal pay factors contributing to the gender pay gap

• Time-line on pay equity in Australia

Queensland Industrial Relations Commission

Includes:

• Pay Equity in Queensland Report 2000

NEW ZEALAND

Ministry of Women’s Affairs

Includes:

• Next Steps Towards Pay Equity - Submissions Report

• Next Steps Towards Pay Equity: A Discussion Document

• Mahi Örite, Utu Tökeke: Pay Equity for Women;

• Next Steps Towards Pay Equity: A Background Paper on Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value

Coalition for Equal Value Equal Pay

Includes:

• Links to organisations world wide working for pay equity

• Pay Equity Statements by NZ Political parties;

• NZ legislation

• History of Equal Pay in NZ

UNITED KINGDOM

An independent review of women’s pay and employment in the UK

Includes:

• Guidelines

• Discussion of public and private sector issues;

• Best practice

UK Trade Union Council

Section on equality includes:

• Overview of TUC training program on changing the gender pay gap

• Links to other UK and European websites

Equal Opportunities Commission

Includes:

• Equal Pay Campaign – It’s time to get even

• Equal Pay Review Kit

UK Women and Equality Unit

Includes:

• Equal Pay Questionnaire

UK Women and Equality Unit

Includes:

• The impact of women's position in the labour market on women's pay and implications for UK productivity

EUROPE

European Union on Gender Equality

Includes:

• News and Press Releases

• Publications

• Speeches

• Legislation and Case Law

• Themes

  • Gender Balance in Decision Making - Reviews section 11 of the Canadian Human Rights Act with a view to ensuring clarity in the way pay equity is implemented in the modern workplace

  • Equal Pay

  • Employment and Labour Market

  • Social Inclusion Process

European Industrial Relations Observatory On-line

A monitoring instrument offering news and analysis on European industrial relations.

Includes:

• Gender Pay Equity in Europe – a detailed discussion paper

Equal Opportunities Ombudsman Sweden

Includes:

• Pay Equity Guide

• Facts Sheets

• Wage Differences

• wage Surveys

• Individual Pay

• Job Evaluation

CANADA

Pay Equity Taskforce Ontario, Canada

Review of section 11 of the Canadian Human Rights Act with a view to ensuring clarity in the way pay equity is implemented in the modern workplace.

Includes:

• Research

• Executive Summaries of Commissioned Research

• Full text of Commissioned Research

• Links to international websites

Pay Equity Commission, Canada

The Pay Equity Commission is composed of two separate and distinct bodies; the Pay Equity Office (PEO) and the Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal (PEHT).

The Pay Equity Office Website includes:

• 10 Steps to Pay Equity Tool

• Guidelines on pay equity

• Job evaluation information

• Pay equity quiz

Equal Pay Coalition, Ontario, Canada

Includes:

• News Releases of progress on pay equity in Canada

• History of Pay Equity in Ontario

• 1996 paper “Valuing Women’s Work in Everyone’s Business”

USA

Women in Cable and Telecommunications

Includes:

• Work/Life Productivity Initiative

• 2003 Best Companies for Women in Cable

• Pay Equity Initiative

• Best Practice Initiative

National Committee on Pay Equity, Washington DC

Includes:

• Pay Equity Information Page

• Facts Sheets on Pay Equity

• What people are saying about fair pay

• Current US Legislation

OTHER

Public Services International

Includes:

• Pay Equity Resource Package