Facilitated bargaining sought for primary principals and
primary teachers’ pay talks
‘Following the results
of the NZEI ballot, the Ministry of Education and the NZEI
will urgently seek facilitated bargaining under the
Employment Relations Act. This process will facilitate
reaching settlements for primary principals and primary
teachers’.
Please attribute to Iona
Holsted Secretary for Education
Notes to
editors:
· If the Employment Relations Authority
agrees to provide facilitation, the Authority member will
decide on the process.
· At the end of the
facilitation process, the Employment Relations Authority can
make recommendations about the process the parties should
use to reach agreement, and the terms and conditions of the
collective agreement.
· The parties do not have
to follow the Authority’s recommendations, but they must
consider them in good faith, and cannot reject the
recommendations without first considering them.
It is
important to note that during facilitation, bargaining
continues and employees are not prevented from using
strikes
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