Teacher aide pay equity operational guidelines for schools
Guidance for schools on the implementation of the teacher aide pay equity settlement.
- Teacher aide pay equity settlement operational guidelines for schools [PDF, 1.7 MB]
- Summary of the operational guidelines for schools [PDF, 727 KB]
- Quick steps to implementation [PDF, 190 KB]
- New pay equity individual employment agreement for teacher aides [PDF, 204 KB]
12 Implementation timeline
| Implementation timeline | |
|---|---|
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27 May |
Teacher aide pay equity settlement signed |
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June |
Settlement endorsed by teacher aides throughout New Zealand |
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29 June |
Ratification of a variation to the CA with the settlement outcomes by NZEI Te Riu Roa members. |
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14 August |
Schools to advise teacher aides whether they should remain on grade B, step 5 |
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20 August |
Schools to return spreadsheet which provides information about their teacher aides to Education Payroll |
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28 August |
Schools receive first instalment of additional pay equity funding, backdated to 12 February 2020 |
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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 |
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4 November |
Teacher aides receive new pay-rates backdated to 12 February 2020 |
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3 December |
Teacher aides (along with other support staff) receive an additional 3% pay rise effective from 27 November 2020 |
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April 2021 |
Schools receive final wash-up funding |