Businesses may soon be required to make public the details of what they're paying staff.   

It's part of a government effort to close pay gaps between men and women - and different ethnic groups. 

More than 6,000 businesses would be impacted.  

Labour MP Camilla Belich told Tim Dower generally two-thirds of OECD countries have pay transparency regimes.  

She says its not about compromising individual privacy. 

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