It just does not add up: Pay equity vs pay parity equals disparities for primary care nurses

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It just does not add up: Pay equity vs pay parity equals disparities for primary care nurses

Tamah Clapham
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Primary care nurses seek pay parity with their peers in hospitals [Image: NZD] 

The pay equity dispute that all nurses have long had with the Government has complicated the pay parity problem for nurses in primary care, writes Tamah Clapham

To understand the complex pay disparity dispute in nursing, it is important to understand that New Zealand nurses (via the unions NZNO and the Public