members with disabilities challenged the Ministry of Health's policy of not paying them as discrimination by reason of family status. The tribunal agreed that it was discriminatory and that it could not be justified under section 5 of the NZBORA. International obligations NZ has ratified a number of human rights treaties containing obligations that pertain to domestic labour rights and obligations. NZ has also been a strong supporter of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and has ratified the following 6 of 8 fundamental ILO Conventions: Forced Labour Convention, 1938 (No. 29) Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 2003 (No. 98) Equal Remuneration Convention, 1983 (No. 100) Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1983 (No. 11) Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) New Zealand has expressed no intention of ratifying either the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, (no. 87), and the Minimum Age for Admission to Employment Convention, (No. 138) though is currently exploring the option to. New Zealand is also a ratifying party to a number of other labour-relevant international treaties. The treaties and the reservations made against each article contained in them are as follows: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR): Article 8 on trade unions. The reservation on 10(2) relating to parental leave was withdrawn in 2003; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR): Article 22 on trade unions and the declaration under Article 41; Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC): General reservation and articles 32(2), on the minimum age of employment; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): The reservation against the recruitment or service of women in armed combat or situations of violence was withdrawn in relation to NZ in 2008. Human Rights Commission Report 2010 The Human Rights Commission periodically releases an intensive report documenting human rights in New Zealand, mapping how they are being "promoted, protected and implemented." Of the thirty 'priority areas for action on human rights' released in the 2010 report, three were workplace and employment related. These included: Implementing a new framework for equal opportunities that addresses access to decent work for disadvantaged groups such as Maori, Pacific youth and disabled people Timetabling pay and employment-equity implementation with a minimum target of halving the gender pay gap by 2014 and eliminating it by