Bias against women accounts for 80 per cent of gender pay gap - researchMaarten Holl Women's Minister Paula Bennett has released new evidence that the gender pay gap is alive and well, is stagnant, and is 80 per cent unaccounted for, other than general bias. The gender pay gap very much exists in New Zealand, and the cause of it is mostly down to bias, perception and attitude, according to new research. The pay gap had remained static at about 12 per cent for a decade, but those factors only accounted for 20 per cent of it. "My next members' bill, to be introduced in the ballot tomorrow, will see gender pay transparency indexes published. If Paula Bennett is serious about wanting more companies to pay women more, then she can support my bill immediately.

Source: Stuff March 06, 2017 23:56 UTC