Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner Saunoamaali’i Karanina Sumeo at an In-Work poverty seminar in Wellington. In November 2019 the Commission published the In-work Poverty in New Zealand report which found that more than 50,000 working households live in poverty. Research was conducted by AUT New Zealand Work Research Institute and commissioned by the Human Rights Commission (From left: Sue O’Shea, Mari North, Michelle TroupCallinan, Saunoamaali’i Karanina Sumeo and Nia Bartley). The Commission’s campaign is in four phases: • June 2019: Phase 1: Building an alliance building with unions, women’s groups, MPs, plus evidence gathering • August 2019: Phase 2: Campaign launch with personal stories of pay discrimination • October 2019 – March 2020: Phase 3: Identify champions among big employers, business associations, unions, media, and promote good practice to businesses Our research also found that more than 60 percent of Kiwis wanted pay scales to be advertised with the job. A further 80 percent rejected pay discrimination based on ethnicity and sex. Those most vulnerable to pay discrimination were women, Pacific people, those aged 18-24, new migrants, and workers earning less than $80,000. Replacing pay secrecy with pay transparency will help everyone especially our most vulnerable. • July 2020: Phase 4: Research on pay transparency and unequal pay, media engagement, ongoing advocacy and alliance building 13