By Rosie Clarke, Editor
A settlement has finally been reached after evidence of genderbased inequitable pay was found... 11,000 school administration support staff, predominantly women, will receive new pay equity rates ranging from $22.75 to $55.62 per hour effective from August 20, 2021, once the first round of funding is delivered to schools via an operational grant in October this year.
Admin support staff who return to work for six months after taking parental leave will also receive a lump sum equal to six weeks' pay, and a new graded work matrix has been developed to better assess the pay rate that an admin support staff employee should be on. The Ministry of Education has confirmed that it has reached agreement with NZEI Te Riu Roa to settle the pay equity claim for school administration support staff. The settlement is another milestone among the various ongoing pay equity claims in the education sector.
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New pay rates, work matrix for admin support staff Immediate actions required by schools and kura
The Ministry provided a timeline of when resources will be made available to help schools and kura follow the new roadmap.
According to the Ministry, schools must take several actions in Term 3 to ensure their employees have up-to-date job descriptions, payroll information, and where to place new employees on the newly introduced work matrix.
As such, the full rundown of what is required from schools and Kura going forward has been made available via the Ministry of Education website.
There are also new templates for employment offer letters that schools will need to use, and a procedure for regrading employees based on the new work matrix.
According to the Ministry, following the school holidays, NZEI Te Riu Roa, the Ministry, and NZSTA will release guidelines to help schools and kura act upon the changes resulting from this settlement:
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