School Caretakers', Cleaners', Canteen and Ground Staff Collective Agreement

Appendix E: Variation Agreed 6 June 2023

School Caretakers', Cleaners', Canteen and Ground Staff Collective Agreement
Effective 14 November 2022 to 13 November 2024
(includes variation dated 6 June 2023)

Terms of Settlement for the Variation to the School Caretaker’s, Cleaner’s and Canteen Staff Collective Agreement 2022-2024

This document sets out the agreed components of a settlement for the variation to the School Caretaker’s, Cleaners' and Canteen Staff 2022-2024 (SCCCA), between the Secretary for Education and E tū. 

1. Two lump sum payments in line with the Public Sector Pay Adjustment Process 
   1. A one-off lump sum of $750, pro-rata for part time and casual staff, for all E tū members employed as at 1 December 2022. A minimum amount of $75 will be paid. This is to acknowledge the benefits arising out of the parties’ relationship. 
   2. A one-off lump sum of $500, pro-rata for part time and casual staff, for all employees employed as at 1 December 2023. A minimum amount of $50 will be paid.
      
      See attached clauses in Annexe 1A
      
      
2. Extend coverage of the SCCCA to ground staff employed in secondary and area schools which the parties agreed to bargain for in the terms of settlement for the 2022-2024 SCCCA.
   1. Associated changes to the collective agreement to provide for the extension of coverage to ground staff are set out in the ‘tracked changes’ version of the collective agreement. 

 

Signed in Wellington on 6 June 2023 by:

George Hollinsworth
Advocate for E tū

Hannah Buckley 
Advocate for the Secretary for Education

Witnessed:
Kate Lethbridgefor New Zealand School Trustees Association  

 

ANNEX 1A

1.9 ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS

Partnership with Union

1.9.1 The parties to this Agreement recognise the value in their ongoing and productive relationship. Collective bargaining is a key part of those joint efforts.

1.9.2 In recognition of the value of this collective agreement and of the benefits arising out of the parties’ ongoing relationship, each full-time employee who is a member of E tū and is bound by this Agreement as at 1 December 2022 will be paid a one-off gross payment of $750.

The payment will be pro-rated for:

i. part-time employees based on their full-time equivalent (FTE) as at 1 December 2022.

ii. Casual employees who have worked a minimum of 8 hours over the period 1 July to 30 November 2022, based on the of the total number of hours worked in proportion to 1.0 FTE during that period.   Casual employees who worked less than 8 hours during that period are not entitled to the payment.

An employee may be eligible to have the payment calculated under more than one of the above categories. The minimum payment for any employee, regardless of FTE, will be $75, and no employee shall receive more than gross $750 in total.

Employees who are members of E tū and are bound by this agreement as at 1 December 2022 and on that day were on approved unpaid leave under Part 5 of this agreement, are entitled to receive the one-off gross payment of $750 when they resume working, providing that they return on or before the end of Term 2, 2023 or on or before the end of Term 4, 2023 for those on parental leave. The payment will be based on the calculation for the position that would have been applicable on 1 December 2022 had they not been on approved leave.

Lump Sum Payment

1.9.3 A one-off gross lump sum of $500 will be paid to all full-time employees who are employed as at 1 December 2023.

The payment will be pro-rated for:

i. part-time employees based on their full-time equivalent (FTE) as at 1 December 2023.

ii. Casual employees who have worked a minimum of 8 hours over the period 1 July to 30 November 2023, based on the of the total number of hours worked in proportion to 1.0 FTE during that period.   Casual employees who worked less than 8 hours during that period are not entitled to the payment.

Employees on approved unpaid leave under Part 5 of this agreement on 1 December 2023 are entitled to receive the one-off gross payment of $500 when they resume working, providing that they return on or before the end of Term 2, 2024 or before the end of 13 November 2024 for those on parental leave. The payment will be based on the calculation for the position that would have been applicable on 1 December 2023 had they not been on approved leave.

An employee may be eligible to have the payment calculated under more than one of the above categories. However, no eligible employee will receive a total gross payment that is less than $50 or more than $500 in total.

Note: Clause 1.9 will be removed in subsequent collective agreements.