The Gender Pay Gap toolkit is designed to help organisations understand, calculate and take action to address their gender pay gaps.
Whether you are a small organisation, or a large employer, understanding and addressing gender pay gaps is essential for creating fair and inclusive workplaces.

 

We’ve launched an updated toolkit

The Ministry for Women has updated the toolkit to include tools for calculating genderethnicity and gender-disability pay gaps. It also features new resources for small to medium sized businesses and a guide to support young women to confidently discuss pay at work. This update gives you the tools to take a deeper look and make meaningful change.

 

It includes:

• A new calculator and resources to support business to measure gender–ethnicity and gender–disability pay gaps.

• A new self-assessment tool to help you identify actions to reduce your pay gaps.

• A new resource for small and medium-sized businesses, offering practical, tailored guidance.

• A resource for young women, developed with YWCA, to support confident conversations about pay.

 

Why this matters

Gender pay gaps are not experienced equally.

While New Zealand’s overall gap is now 5.2%, it’s much higher for wāhine Māori (12%), Pacific women (15.8%), and Asian women (10.2%). Adding gender-ethnicity and genderdisability pay gap guidance helps businesses understand and address these intersecting gaps.

Closing pay gaps is not just about fairness. It is about addressing systemic barriers that hold people back and limit opportunities.

The new toolkit will help businesses understand their pay gaps, calculate them accurately, and take meaningful action to close them.

Visit the toolkit: www.women.govt.nz/GPGtoolkit