Teacher aide pay equity operational guidelines for schools
Guidance for schools on the implementation of the teacher aide pay equity settlement.
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New pay equity IEA for teacher aides [PDF, 204 KB]
12 Implementation timeline
Implementation timeline | |
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27 May |
Teacher aide pay equity settlement signed |
June |
Settlement endorsed by teacher aides throughout New Zealand |
29 June |
Ratification of a variation to the CA with the settlement outcomes by NZEI Te Riu Roa members. |
14 August |
Schools to advise teacher aides whether they should remain on grade B, step 5 |
20 August |
Schools to return spreadsheet which provides information about their teacher aides to Education Payroll |
28 August |
Schools receive first instalment of additional pay equity funding, backdated to 12 February 2020 |
18 September |
Schools are expected to have non-union member teacher aides signed up on new IEA and have advised Education Payroll |
October |
Schools receive initial wash-up funding |
4 November |
Teacher aides receive new pay-rates backdated to 12 February 2020 |
3 December |
Teacher aides (along with other support staff) receive an additional 3% pay rise effective from 27 November 2020 |
April 2021 |
Schools receive final wash-up funding |