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By PPTA.PPTA are calling for an improved base level remuneration of 4% for a one-year term and a range of further improvements to targeted allowances.
There is also a proposal for an additional 1% employer contribution for those teachers who have only had access to Kiwisaver - to bring it up to the 3% it was before the Labour-led government closed the Teachers’ Retirement Savings Scheme, in view of a better Kiwisaver scheme being phased in.
Click here For more information on the PPTA Discussions".
By NZEI.Thousands of school support staff will see a boost in their pay packets this week after the ratification of a pay settlement reached last year.
Support staff work at the frontline of education supporting children and schools in roles such as teacher aides, administrators, librarians and sports co-ordinators. They are historically one of the lowest paid groups of workers in the country.
Click here For more information on the support staff pay changes".
By Flavell MP. Maori Party Speech.
The focus of this bill is to amend the Christ's College (Canterbury) Act
1910 and remove any difficulty in administering property invested in the
college. Basically it provides the governing body with the power to apply
property vested in the college for some other purpose for the benefit of the
college and not be tied by any agreement in that primary Act Click here For more information on the Christ's College (Cant'y) Amendment Bill on Parliament's website".
A copy of the Terms of Reference for the review and the discussion paper
can be found on the Department of Labour's website at
www.dol.govt.nz/consultation.
Submissions close in less than a month. Click here For the Department of Labour submission site".Submissions close on 31 March. They should be e-mailed to
ERconsultation@dol.govt.nz or posted to Review of Personal Grievances,
Workplace Policy Group, Department of Labour, PO Box 3705, Wellington.ISE and the CTU is concerned about the Government's proposals. Helen Kelly says
“We are concerned that the Government plans to further reduce an employee’s right to appeal against unfair dismissal, coming on top of the wholly unfair and unnecessary 90-day fire at will law,” said Kelly. “Allowing less than one month for submissions suggest that the Government has already made up its mind about what it wishes to do. It is important that unions and workers make sure their voice is heard to counter claims that employers are disadvantaged by the system.”
By Nathan Beaumont. Dominion Post. The PPTA has spent thousands of dollars on a cartoon video that mocks the Government for cutting adult night classes.
The Post Primary Teachers Association hopes the clip, the first in a series of issues it plans to tackle with cartoons, will ruffle a few feathers. Click here For the Dominion Post article of 23rd Feb 2010 "Union cartoon attacks night class cuts".
Click here For the cartoon video on the PPTA website.
Dilworth to play money game by Eloise Gibson, NZ Herald, Tuesday Nov 03, 2009
School pupils from low-income families will play the markets using a slice of a former Prime Minister's fortune, topped up with money raised by one of the Kennedy dynasty.
The catch is that the pupils must use the money to help worse-off students overseas.
Click here For the NZ Herald Article "on Dilworth playing the markets".
National education standards released.
Details of new national education standards are being released on Friday, with the main focus on reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Education Minister Anne Tolley says going back to basics first is important if children are to learn other things, but other subjects will not take a back seat.
Tolley says some schools already have assessment standards, but half do not.
Setting national standards in reading, writing and maths was a National Party campaign promise and is due to come in next year.
Click here For the NZ Herald Article "National education standards released" of 23rd October 2009.
Introducing the New Cardplus Shell Card Offer
We are pleased to announce that our benefit provider, Cardplus,have signed a new agreement with Shell New Zealand Limited as our new fuel card supplier to all our Cardplus members. You can fill up with a truly trusted brand that delivers high qualify fuels and automotive products through a network of over
220 service stations throughout New Zealand.
Special introductory offer for 3 months (5th November 2009 –31st January 2010
inclusive) of 6 cents per litre off the pump price for all fuels (petrol, diesel and
LPG) together with double Fly Buys points on fuel purchases at participating Shell
Service Stations over this period (2 points per $50 spend cumulative monthly).
Please note: Effective the 27th of November you will no longer be able to access your Caltex fuelcard.
Click here for more information on this change and how it affects the holders of the Caltex Card".
Postpone national standards, say heads
Principals think national standards should be delayed so teachers can come to terms with next year's new curriculum.
Ernie Buutveld, the president of the New Zealand Principals' Federation which represents 2300 principals, said delaying the standards would be a "great step forward".
It was too much to expect teachers to prepare for both the curriculum overhaul and the literacy and numeracy standards set by the Government, he said.
Click here to see Jacqueline Smith , NZ Herald article of 18th September 2009 "Postpone national standards, say heads".
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