rises of up to NZ$5,000 for individual employees, and apply to 55,000 care givers. In total, the package would cost about NZ$2b to settle, and would likely result in higher Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) premiums over time and increased rest home costs. It would also likely result in similar settlements being negotiated for other industries, although the Prime Minister, Bill English, cautioned that the health care sector was a unique industry and that there was a high bar to clear for the same conditions to apply to other groups. The settlement is the first instance in New Zealand that acknowledges that in some industries, wages are lower because the work is mainly undertaken by women. See also Gender pay gap in New Zealand References External links Equal Pay Act 1972 Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota Inc v Terranova Homes and Care Ltd [2013] NZEmpC 157 (Employment Court decision). Human rights abuses in New Zealand Women's rights in New Zealand Women in New Zealand Court of Appeal of New Zealand cases 2014 in New Zealand law History of women in New Zealand