pm921.Pasifika pay gap: racism, discrimination and unconscous bias

Racism, discrimination and unconscious bias are likely behind damning new research which has revealed most of the Pacific pay gap is unexplained.

A report launched by the Human Rights Commission's Pacific Pay Gap Inquiry found that only 27% of the pay gap for Pacific men could be explained, and 39% for Pacific women.

Most of the gap couldn’t be explained, with 73% of the pay gap for Pacific men and 61% of the pay gap for Pacific women unexplained.

The Green Party is calling on the Government to pass legislation to increase pay transparency in light of this research.

Jan Logie, Green MP and spokesperson for Workplace Relations and Safety, told 1News the lack of explanation pointed to discrimination or unconscious bias.

“So we’ve known for a long time that there’s been a gap between men and women and between Māori and Pākehā, and Pasifika and Pākehā.

“This latest research shows us that the largest part of that, the reason behind those gaps, can’t be explained.  Click here to read more ...

pn893. The Green Party: Stuck in the Middle with James and Marama. Removing the rot at the top.

While the planet burns, the Green Party thinks about changing the composition of its leadership and another blow is struck for political irrelevancy. 

GIVEN THAT the ideology of identity politics swept through the Green Party some time ago, it seems almost inevitable that out of the swamp of confused woke thinking there should emerge a proposal to change the male and female co-leadership to one where the male position will be replaced by one open to 'any gender'. 

And, according to conservative columnist Matthew Hooton, one of these two positions will have to filled by a Maori. If this is true it will be good news for the consistently under-performing Marama Davidson.

The proposals, such as they are, appear to be driven by the Green MP's. This isn't surprising because they have a bad habit of acting independently of the party membership. These self-proclaimed 'progressive' politicians continue to act in a decidedly unprogressive and autocratic manner as far as the decision making process is concerned. Indeed one of the main criticisms of disillusioned and departing Green Party members, some in senior positions, has been that the party executive has not held the caucus and leadership to account over policy decisions.