A potential step forward in addressing equity issues in the health sector.
Te Whatu Ora is asking the Employment Relations Authority for interim orders - to fix pay equity rates for nurses.
It would increase pay for most by more than 14 percent, putting Kiwi workers on a par-or better, with Australian nurses.
Te Whatu Ora Board Chair Rob Campbell told Tim Dower it will make a difference.
He says it settles the long standing aspect of a pay equity dispute in the workforce.
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