Holidays Act remediation – initial estimate payments
We have made initial estimate remediation payments towards Holidays Act arrears for school employees.
- Overview
- Payments
- Approach
- Former school employees
- Engagement
- More information
- Contact us
- Keeping yourself safe from phishing scams
Overview
While we continue work to fully address Holidays Act errors, we have made a series of payments based on initial estimates. This meant some of the money owed can be paid sooner.
Payments
|
Payment date |
Leave type/s and employee group/s covered |
Time period covered |
Number of employees paid |
|---|---|---|---|
|
27 June 2023 |
Sick leave, public holidays, bereavement leave and family violence leave for current school employees (except short-term relief teachers). Public holidays on days that would be otherwise working days for short-term relief teachers. |
4 September 2013 to 27 January 2022 |
82,000 |
|
28 November 2023 |
Public holidays on days that would be otherwise working days for casual employees and specialist and support staff who are paid via timesheets. |
4 September 2013 to 27 January 2022 |
4,500 |
|
20 February 2024 |
Public holidays on days that would be otherwise working days for short-term relief teachers. |
28 January 2022 to 27 January 2023 |
5,400 |
|
19 March 2024 |
Annual holidays for 52-week specialist and support staff. |
4 September 2013 to 27 January 2022 |
3,000 |
Approach
While the Holidays Act remediation calculator is under development, we have adapted an existing estimation tool to complete calculations based on a reduced set of data conforming and remediation rules.
After we complete additional work on the data, we will use the Holidays Act remediation calculator to calculate individual amounts owing across all leave types for the full remediation period (from 1 March 2010 until the payroll achieves full compliance).
Former school employees
Remediation payments for former employees will be made later.
If your details have changed since you left the school sector, you may wish to register on the School Payroll Remediation Portal to make sure we can reach you in the future.
Schools Payroll Remediation Portal
(external link)
Engagement
We have consulted the Labour Inspectorate and our Sector Working Group on this approach and we continue to engage with them on the details of our broader remediation programme.
Our Sector Working Group includes representatives from:
- Amalgamated Workers Union of New Zealand
- E Tū
- NZEI Te Riu Roa
- Public Service Association
- New Zealand Post Primary Teachers’ Association Te Wehengarua
- Secondary Principals' Association of New Zealand
- New Zealand School Boards Association.
More information
Schools payroll remediation programme
Contact us
The best way to get in touch is via our:
You can also contact the team by:
- emailing remediation.query@education.govt.nz
- calling 0800 439 333 (8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday).
Keeping yourself safe from phishing scams
Phishing is when someone uses an email, text or phone call to try to get access to sensitive information (like bank account numbers and passwords).
For schools payroll remediation payments, we will never ask you for your bank account login or password. The information you receive from us will direct you to the Ministry of Education’s website.
Phishing scammers will claim to be from a legitimate organisation, and often have email addresses or websites that look very real. They'll often ask you to claim a prize, check your details, or tell you that your account is expiring or needs to be checked.
Email phishing scams – Netsafe(external link)
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