Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu Specialist and Support Staff Collective Agreement

Provided approval in advance has been obtained by an employee, the employer will reimburse the actual and reasonable expenses incurred because of work activities.

6.2.1 Where an employee is required to undertake the full duties and responsibilities of a higher position, whether or not covered by this agreement, for more than five consecutive working days (including the management and planning responsibilities), the employee shall be paid a higher duties allowance based on the greater of either:

• the difference between the salary the employee normally receives and salary for the higher position; or
• 6.5% of the salary of the employee acting in the higher position.

6.2.2 The allowance shall only be paid where the employee competently discharges these higher duties.

6.2.3 An employee required to undertake only some of the duties will be paid at a lesser rate.

6.3.1 Where an employee who routinely undertakes work set out in the Teacher Aide Work Matrix Table, whether designated as a Teacher Aide or not, is required to provide personal care by cleaning up a student soiled with vomit, excreta, urine, or blood (other than blood associated with minor cuts and abrasions and minor nose bleeds), the employee shall be paid one of the following two allowances:

(a) where the personal care is required as part of the employee’s ongoing responsibilities and occurs at least once per day or five times in any week, the employee shall be paid an hourly allowance at the rate of 10% of step 5 of Grade B-C of the teacher Aide Pay Rates set out in clause 4C.4.2.

(b) where the personal care is required in the course of the employee’s duties on an occasional or one-off basis, the employee shall be paid an allowance of $4.95 per incident to a maximum payable of once per day.

6.3.2 No employee will receive more than one Tiaki allowance at any point in time.

Note: The hourly allowance in 6.3.1(a) shall be paid for all hours worked, regardless of whether cleaning of bodily fluids is actually required. For example, it is payable when a child requiring personal care is absent so the employee in receipt of the allowance does not have to perform this work.

Note: The current Tiaki allowance set out in clause 6.3.1(a) will be $2.86 per hour on signing, increasing to $2.96 per hour from 1 December 2023.