There is a proposed amendment to this particular section that will change the language slightly to limit the exemptions that are available to the list that is here. The current language references "such as" and provides these as examples only.

The proposed amendment is to change that so that these are the only defences available in the case of a human rights and equal pay for work of equal value complaint.

It's also important to understand that the equal pay for work of equal value provisions are aimed at discrimination based on sex and right now, the protection does not go any further than that. It is important to remember that equal pay for work of equal value is based on systemic discrimination between groups and the importance of having a large enough group in order to be able to identify systemic discrimination. Thank you.