December 13, 2016
Maori missing from senior ranks
The State Services Commission says Maori, Pacific and Asian people are still under-represented in management roles in the public service.
The 2016 Human Resource Capability Survey report shows the proportion of women in senior leadership roles continues to increase and is now at 45 percent.
The overall Public Service gender pay gap dropped 0.5 percent to 13.5 percent.
Commissioner Peter Hughes says his major priorities are reducing the gender pay gap and increasing the diversity of the Public Service senior leadership.
He says it's the first time the survey has measured the gender pay gap, which is the difference in pay between men and women doing the same job.
The major driver of gender pay gaps is women being over-represented in roles which are lower paid, such as contact centres and administration.
This year’s report is now available online as a fully interactive information portal with data stretching back to 2000.
www.ssc.govt.nz/public-service-workforce-data
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