Teacher aide pay equity operational guidelines for schools

Guidance for schools on the implementation of the teacher aide pay equity settlement.

12 Implementation timeline

Implementation timeline
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