Date 29 September 2015 | Circular 2015/12 | Category Industrial Relations
This circular is about Initiation of bargaining for a new Primary Principals' Collective Agreement.
This circular replaces This circular does not replace any other.
The action needed is To bring the Notice of Initiation of Bargaining notice to the attention of all employees whose work may be covered by the collective agreement, within ten days of receipt of this notice.
It is intended for Chairpersons of Boards of Trustees of state or state integrated primary, composite (other than area schools) and special schools, and any school established as a Kura Kaupapa Māori.
The Notice of Initiation of Bargaining should be brought to the attention of all principals employed in any of the schools listed above.
For more information Contact the Industrial Relations Unit by email: industrial.relations@education.govt.nz .
All agreements will be available on the Ministry’s website; http://www.education.govt.nz/school/running-a-school/employing-and-managing-staff .
Introduction
Section 43 of the Employment Relations Act 2000 (the Act) requires that, on receiving a notice of intention to bargain a collective agreement under the Act, details of that notice are to be drawn to the attention of all employees who come within the coverage of the intended agreement within ten days of receiving that notice.
Notice of Initiation – primary school principals
On 25 September 2015 the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa (NZEI) confirmed the details with the Secretary for Education of a formal initiation of bargaining for the renewal of the Primary Principals’ Collective Agreement. The current collective agreement expires on 7 November 2015.
The NZEI propose that the Agreement entered into by the Secretary of Education, acting under the delegation of the State Services Commissioner, and the NZEI is intended to cover principals who are, or who become NZEI members and who are employed in state and state integrated primary schools (including normal schools, model schools and intermediate schools); composite schools other than area schools; special schools; and any such school that is also established as a Kura Kaupapa Māori or which has any additional designation or status under the Education Acts 1964 and 1989.
Issued by
Nick Kyrke-Smith, Senior Manager Industrial Relations, Student Achievement Group
Ministry of Education, National Office, 45 – 47 Pipitea Street, Thorndon, P O Box 1666, Wellington, New Zealand, Phone 04-463 8000, Fax 04-463 8001, Email industrial.relations@education.govt.nz
29 September 2015
Notice of Initiation of Bargaining
Primary School Principals
On 25 September 2015 the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa confirmed the details of a notice to the Ministry of Education that it intends to seek a collective agreement covering principals who are employed in primary schools (including normal schools, model schools, and intermediate schools); composite schools (other than area schools); special schools; and any such school that is also established as a kura kaupapa Māori or that has any additional designation or status under the Education Acts 1964 and 1989.
For the purposes of this notice, “employer” means every board of trustees (or commissioner as appropriate) of a state or state integrated school listed above, as defined in the Education Act 1989.
The intended parties to the collective agreement will be the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa and the Secretary for Education acting under delegation from the State Services Commissioner issued in accordance with the State Sector Act 1988. The agreement sought will bind all employers and all members of the New Zealand Educational Institute Te Riu Roa coming within the proposed coverage of the collective agreement as outlined above.
Nick Kyrke-Smith, Senior Manager Industrial Relations
Education Workforce, Student Achievement Group