Payroll Update 9 November 2023

News for School Payroll Staff

 

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  1. Additional payments for non-union primary principals
  2. Additional payments for non-union secondary teachers
  3. Additional payments for non-union area school principals
  4. Area school teachers’ employment agreement changes
  5. School caretakers’, cleaners’, canteen and ground staff employment agreement changes
  6. Termination pay recalculations for Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement

1. Additional payments for non-union primary principals

Under the Primary Principals’ (NZEI) Collective Agreement, full-time principals employed as at 3 July 2023, will receive a one-off gross payment of $1,500.

This lump sum will be paid in pay period 17 (pay day 14 November), provided that both the principal and the employer signed the new Individual Employment Agreement (IEA) by 3 November 2023, and Education Payroll been notified of this on an EP22 form.

Any new EP22 forms sent in to notify us that the principal and employer has signed a new IEA will be paid in the next available pay period.

Principals who were on approved unpaid leave as at 3 July 2023 are entitled to receive the $1,500 payment on their return to their position providing that they return on or before the end of term 3 2024, or on or before the start of term 1 2025 for those on parental leave. The amount payable will be based on the principal’s full-time earning equivalent (FTTE) as at their last working day before going on leave. These applications should be made on an EP31 form.

For more information go to Changes to the Primary Principals' Collective Agreement 2023-25 – Education in New Zealand

2. Additional payments for non-union secondary teachers

Under the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement, full-time teachers who were employed as at 9 August 2023 and who are on an IEA will receive a one-off gross payment of $5,000.
This lump sum will be paid in pay period 17 (pay day 14 November), provided that both the teacher and the employer signed the new IEA by 8 October 2023 and the change had been made in the IEA change screen in EdPay by 6 November 2023.

Lump sum payments for secondary teachers on the new IEA will be made from the funding code that applied on 9 August 2023 (date of ratification).
Where a teacher is employed from a school’s bulk grant or operating funding, the school board is responsible for the payment of any associated costs, including any collective agreement entitlements that arise. This is in accordance with section 580(b) of the Education and Training Act 2020.

Secondary teachers who were on approved unpaid leave as at 9 August 2023 are entitled, on application, to receive the applicable payments on their return to their position, providing that they return either on or before the end of term 1 2024, or on or before 3 July 2025 for those on parental leave. The payment(s) will be based on the teacher’s FTTE hours as at their last working day before going on leave. Schools will need to apply for this on the teacher’s behalf using the EP31 form.

For more information, go to Changes to the Secondary Teachers' Collective Agreement 2022-25 – Education in New Zealand

3. Additional payments for non-union area school principals

Under the Area School Principals’ Collective Agreement, principals employed as at 3 July 2023 who were on an IEA will receive a one-off gross payment of $1,500.

This lump sum will be paid in pay period 17 (pay day 14 November), provided that both the principal and the employer signed the new IEA by 22 September 2023 and Education Payroll been notified of this on an EP22 form.

Any new EP22 forms sent in to notify us that the principal and employer has signed a new IEA will be paid in the next available pay period.

The payment will be pro-rated for part-time principals based on their FTTE as at 3 July 2023.

Principals are entitled to receive this payment only once. If a principal is or was entitled to receive a lump sum under another collective agreement that has come into force since 30 November 2022, any payment already received will be deducted from this lump sum.

Principals who were on approved unpaid leave as at 3 July 2023 are entitled to receive the $1,500 payment on their return to their position providing that they return on or before the end of term 3 2024, or on or before the start of term 1 2025 for those on parental leave. The amount payable will be based on the principal’s FTTE hours as at their last working day before going on leave. Applications should be made on an EP31 form.

For more information go to Changes to the Area School Principals' Collective Agreement 2023–25 – Education in New Zealand

4. Area school teachers’ employment agreement changes

Teachers covered by the Area School Teachers’ Collective Agreement will be paid at the new rates from pay period 17 (pay day 14 November). These rates will be backdated to 3 July 2023.

For teachers who have signed the new Area School Teachers’ IEA and the change has been made in the IEA change screen in EdPay, the new pay rates will also be applied from 14 November. These rates will be backdated to the date the new IEA is signed by both the teacher and the employer.

For more information, go to Changes to the Area School Teachers' Collective Agreement 2023-25 – Education in New Zealand

5. School caretakers’, cleaners’, canteen and ground staff employment agreement changes

Employees covered by the School Caretakers’, Cleaners’, Canteen and Ground Staff Collective Agreement will be paid at the new rates from pay period 17 (pay day 14 November). These rates are effective from 14 November 2023 so there is no back pay needed.

For employees who have signed the new IEA and the change has been made in the IEA change screen in EdPay, the new pay rates will also be applied from 14 November. 

For more information go to School Caretakers', Cleaners', Canteen and Ground Staff Collective Agreement – Education in New Zealand

6. Termination pay recalculations for Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement

Teachers covered by the Secondary Teachers’ Collective Agreement whose roles ended (were terminated) after 3 July 2023 will have their termination pay recalculated according to the new rates, and any top-up amounts they are owed will be paid in pay period 17.

The top-up amount (the difference between the original termination pay and the termination pay at the new rate) will be paid into the employee’s bank account on 14 November 2023.

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