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Supporting Centres to Adapt: Relief Teacher Pay Parity Exclusion and Discretionary Hours

Helping Managers and Owners to adapt following recent changes to relievers (exclusion from Pay Parity) and removal of requirements for Discretionary Hours.

Date: Wednesday 11th December 2024 at 3pm
Format: Recorded Webinar

Price: $46 for ECC Members, $140 for non-members

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Excluding relievers from Pay Parity gives employers more flexibility, but how you use this flexibility matters. We will advise the range of different approaches you could consider and the pros/cons, including what would happen if employers significantly reduced reliever pay rates.

The purpose of Discretionary Hours is to give service providers more flexibility, to help them to stay in higher funding bands. But not all centres are using this flexibility effectively. With the reason change it has become simpler to use Discretionary Hours so now is the perfect time to re-familiarise yourself with how to use the policy.

Presented By

Simon Laube and Caro Rieger

Workshop Duration

Approximately 60 minutes

Who is this workshop for?

Employers of ECE services; owners and managers.

What will you learn?

Keeping on top of these changes will give you confidence and help you to protect your funding band, potentially generating small savings towards your bottom-line, whether you are a private business or not-for-profit organisation.

We will cover:

  • How to set reliever rates without Pay Parity; for new and existing relievers
  • Who is excluded and who is not excluded (permanent, fixed-term and casual contracts)
  • What is the difference between a contract of service and a contract for service?
  • Common pitfalls for employers engaging with relievers

There will be time for Q&A with Simon and Caro.

Note the discretionary hours change is “need-to-know” for the person who is responsible for submitting your centre(s)’ RS7.

Certificate of completion provided
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About the presenter

Caro Rieger/Black Door Law

Caro is the Founder/Director and Principal Lawyer of Black Door Law, she has extensive experience partnering with employers to achieve their business and people goals and is a trusted advisor to boards and executives in private and public organisations. Caro regularly assists school boards and early childhood providers and other organisations where professional disciplinary matters may arise. She has a unique understanding of the challenges faced by these organisations and the regulatory frameworks they work within.
Black Door Law is ECC’s preferred supplier for employment law advice. Black Door Law operates the ECC helpline, providing ECC members with specialist knowledge and a full range of advice on employment issues that face Early Childhood Education centres.

About the Facilitator

Simon Laube 

CEO - Early Childhood Council

Simon has a background in public policy and joined ECC from the public service where he held various roles in the Ministry of Education including: early learning, partnership schools kura hourua/charter schools; and the NCEA review; he also completed secondments at the Ministry of Health, and in the Office of the Minister of Education (four years).

Simon understands how government works and knows how to influence government to get better results, while being personally committed to improving public services so children and families can get the education they need.

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