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April 2011 news for payroll administrators
Read about the new Maori Immersion Teacher - Additional $1,000 Allowance Form, early closedown for pay period 2403, increases to the minimum wage, canterbury earthquake and monitoring allowances and salary units.
- New payroll form: Maori Immersion Teacher - Additional $1,000 Allowance Form
- Early closedown for pay period 2403
- Minimum wage increases – 1 April 2011
- Canterbury earthquake information
- Monitoring allowances and salary units
New payroll form: Maori Immersion Teacher - Additional $1,000 Allowance Form
The recently promulgated Primary Teachers’ Collective Agreement (PTCA) provides for an additional Maori Immersion Teaching Allowance (MITA) for teachers who have met the service criteria in paragraph 3.19(b):
All full-time teachers (including teachers with a Limited Authority to Teach but excluding non-registered teachers), required to use Te Reo in Maori immersion classes at level one as defined in Schedule 1 of this Agreement who have more than five years continuous service teaching in level one Maori Immersion classes shall receive additional salary (on top of the allowance described in clause 3.19(a)) at the rate of $1,000 per annum
You can download the Maori Immersion Teacher – Additional $1,000 Allowance Form from the forms page of the schools payroll website.
You must complete a separate application for each teacher at your school who meets the eligibility criteria, and either scan and email it from an authorised email address to resourcing@minedu.govt.nz or fax to 04 463 8376.
15 April 2011
Early closedown for pay period 2403
We have moved forward the closedown date for pay period 2403 because of Easter. The closedown date for pay period 2403 will be Thursday 21 April 2011.
View fortnightly calendar events in a table
12 April 2011
Minimum wage increases – 1 April 2011
The rate for adult workers increases from $12.50 to $13 an hour from 1 April. Your pay centre will automatically increase any pay rates which are below $13 to the new minimum legal wage from 1 April.
6 April 2011
Canterbury earthquake information
Regular payroll announcements and updates about the 22 February 2011 Canterbury earthquake.
Read more payroll information about the Canterbury earthquake and any potential impacts on your school here.
4 April 2011
Monitoring allowances and salary units
The Ministry of Education will continue to monitor overuse of salary units, middle management allowances (MMA) and senior management allowances (SMA) in 2011. Schools allocate these payments each pay period according to its staffing entitlement. As these payments form part of a teacher's salary, they must be paid on a per pay period basis and not as a lump sum payment at the end of a fixed term agreement.
Units and management allowances are not part of banking staffing arrangements. If you overuse salary units, MMA or SMA, we will deduct the value of the overuse from future operation grant instalments. We will let you know before we do this.
For more information, please read the rules on allocating salary units, MMA and SMA in chapter two of the Funding Staffing and Allowances Handbook.
1 April 2011