Employer Bulletin | 12 June
Primary teachers have accepted the government's pay offer, resulting in a rise in the top base salary step to $100,000 by the end of 2024. This two-year settlement also includes improvements to teachers' conditions, such as increased classroom release time. The pay offer addresses concerns raised by teachers and includes pay rises ranging from 11.1% to 18.3%, along with one-time payments of up to $4,500. These changes reflect a 34% increase in the top salary rate since 2016 and will provide teachers with greater financial stability to go towards easing cost of living pressures.
In today's Bulletin:
- Primary teachers' top base salary step to rise to $100,000
- Emergency Management Bill introduced
- How to make recovery at work a success
- Equal gender representation on public sector boards for third year in a row
- Government investing in more sustainable, lower impact forestry industry
- Five Employment Relations Authority cases and five Bills open for public submission.
