Kia ora Sam,
 
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 12/05/2025 requesting, under the Official
Information Act 1982, the following:
Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,

In an opinion piece published 12 May 2025
(https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo...),
Minister of Finance Nicola Willis made the claim (with regards to current
pay equity claims:

"admin workers were being compared with civil engineers; social workers
were being compared with detectives; and librarians were being compared
with fisheries officers."

Could I please request the information that was provided to the Minister
that enabled her to make that claim, and (if that claim is correct) the
information that was provided to the Minister that showed those job
comparisons were not in line with the framework laid out in the 2020
amendment to the Equal Pay Act 1972?
 
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible, and no
later than 10/06/2025, being 20 working days after the day your request
was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe. If you have any enquiries
regarding your request feel free to contact us via email to
[1][MBIE request email].
 
Nāku noa, nā
Ministerial Services
Strategy and Assurance
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 |  P O Box 1473 Wellington 6140

References

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Kia ora Sam,
 
Please see attached a letter advising of a transfer of your request for
information under the Official Information Act 1982.

Ngā mihi nui,

Ministerial Services
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

15 Stout Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140