Two-hour minimum entitlement remediation

Primary, secondary and area school teachers’ collective agreements state that short-term relief teachers will be paid for no less than 2 hours per day of day relief or paid leave at a school, but this has not always happened. 

An improved process was put in place from 10 August 2022 to fix this. We are making payments to correct errors made between 17 April 2012 and 9 August 2022. 

Payments 

Former school employees 

We started contacting former school employees who are due a payment on 3 September 2024, using the details held in the payroll system. 

If your contact details have changed since you left the school sector, please register on the Schools Payroll Remediation Portal so we can reach you if you are due a payment.

Current school employees 

We paid current school employees who were due a payment on 25 June and 17 September 2024.

To be included in the June payment, you needed to be paid in any of the six pay periods up to and including 16 April 2024 or on long-term unpaid leave for all six of these pay periods.  

To be included in the September payment, you needed to be paid in any of the six pay periods up to and including 20 August 2024 or on long-term unpaid leave for all six of these pay periods. 

Contact us

If you have any questions, we’re here to help.

Email: remediation.query@education.govt.nz

Freephone: 0800 439 333 (8am - 5pm, Monday – Friday).