Teachers will have to wait
until 11 September for pay increases won as part of their
collective agreement negotiations settled in June, according
to an update sent to schools today from
Novopay.
NZEI Te Riu Roa National Secretary Paul
Goulter says the long wait for pay increases to take effect
is completely unacceptable and the union is seeking legal
advice.
"Teachers fought for more than a year to get
their new collective agreement. It's entirely unacceptable
that they now have to wait another ten weeks to see pay
increases in their bank accounts," he says.
"The Ministry
didn't have trouble quickly docking teachers' pay when they
took strike action, so it's a bit rich for them to now say
it'll take this long to make changes to teachers' pay," says
Mr Goulter.
"Teachers are really unhappy with this delay
and it's tainted any trust and goodwill that the Ministry
might have gained with the settlement," he said.
The pay
increases in the agreement take effect from 1 July, and
usually payroll changes take a small amount of time to
implement. A delay of this length is unprecedented. Teachers
will be back paid to 1 July when the changes are made.
NZEI Te Riu Roa members work in every community in New Zealand, leading and advocating for quality public education.
We are the 50,000 principals, teachers and support staff who work in primary, area and secondary schools as well as early childhood centres, special education and school advisory services. We come together as NZEI Te Riu Roa - New Zealand's largest education union, a Treaty based organisation and a powerful advocate for quality public education.
We have the most important job in New Zealand - educating for the future.
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