Pay equity claims in the education sector

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Inform

  • Education workforce employees and employers
  • Principals and tumuaki
  • School boards

There are several pay equity claims either recently raised, underway, or settled in the education sector for the following roles and those people doing the same or similar work.

Workforce

Claim raised by

Status

Teachers

NZEI Te Riu Roa & PPTA

Investigation underway
Therapists

NZEI Te Riu Roa

Settled in March 2024
School librarians and library assistants

NZEI Te Riu Roa

Settled in March 2023
School science technicians

NZEI Te Riu Roa

Settled in March 2023
Administration support staff in schools

NZEI Te Riu Roa

Settled in July 2022
Kaiārahi i te reo

NZEI Te Riu Roa

Settled in July 2022
Teacher aides

NZEI Te Riu Roa

Settled in 2020

There are several pay equity claims in the education sector where the Ministry of Education is named as the direct employer. 

If you are employed by the Ministry and affected by one of these claims, you can learn more on Te Tāhuhu on the 'Ministry pay equity claims' page.

These are:

Workforce

Claim raised by

Status

Administration and clerical workers(external link)

PSA

Investigation underway, led by the Public Service Commission
Psychologists

NZEI Te Riu Roa

APEX

Investigation underway
Therapists

NZEI Te Riu Roa

Investigation underway
Education advisors

NZEI Te Riu Roa

Investigation underway
Service managers

NZEI Te Riu Roa

Terms of reference being developed

There are also several pay equity claims in the education sector where the Ministry of Education is not named as an employer.

These are:

Workforce

Claim raised by

Status

Kindergarten administrators 

NZEI Te Riu Roa

Raised November 2020
Kindergarten cooks 

NZEI Te Riu Roa

Raised November 2020
Kindergarten teacher aides 

NZEI Te Riu Roa

Raised November 2020
Early learning teachers

Individual employees in the early learning sector

Raised November 2020

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