Office of the Vice-Chancellor
The University of Waikato
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton 3240
New Zealand
4 May 2016
Dear J James
I refer to your Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) request of 4 April 2016 for information about
the University of Waikato’s highest pay bands and gender distribution within those. I respond as
follows:
1.
With respect to your questions 1‐3 and 5‐7, the pay bands used by the University are
stipulated in the individual employment agreements that are available to the public at:
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/hrm/vacancies/employment_agreements.shtml
2.
With respect to the second part of questions 1‐3 and 5‐7 seeking information about the
split by gender, the University confirms that at the time of this response:
(a)
Of its academic staff that are remunerated in accordance with pay bands, the
distribution between gender is as per the table below:
Academic Staff
Gender
Male
Female
Highest band
51
20
Second highest band
46
34
Third highest band
48
39
(b)
Of its general staff that are remunerated in accordance with pay bands, the
distribution between gender is as per the table below:
General Staff
Gender
Male
Female
Highest band
21
23
Second highest band
29
38
Third highest band
51
46
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3.
With respect to your fourth question, as at today’s date, 643 staff that identify as male are
employed at the University. This sum includes staff that are employed in fulltime, part‐
time, continuing and fixed term roles.
4.
With respect to your eighth question, as at today’s date, 966 staff that identify as female
are employed at the University. This sum includes staff that are employed in fulltime, part‐
time, continuing and fixed term roles.
5.
As an aside, I would like to draw to your attention that the University’s highest paid
employees are not remunerated in accordance with pay bands.
Yours faithfully
Joseph Macfarlane
Director
Office of the Vice-Chancellor
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