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Allowances 

Employees can be paid allowances. If an employee has accepted a position with an allowance entitlement, the school and employee will need to sign an agreement about the payment and file a copy of this for their records. 

Adding, changing or checking allowances  

To add or change an allowance in EdPay. See Allowance changes (EdPay training) 

 Event-based allowances such as the Tiaki allowance, are entered in the Timesheet screen in EdPay.  See Timesheets (EdPay training).

Auto-paid allowances can be checked in EdPay on the employee’s Job details screen and in the SUE report. 

For more detailed information about different allowances, allowance codes and Start of Year allowances see the links below:

Allowance For teachers For principals Notes
Area schools' priority teacher Y
Area schools only
Associate teacher  Y

Bus controller's Y Y Primary principals and pre 2011 area school principals only
Careers advisor

Area and secondary schools only
Chatham Islands
Y Y Chatham Islands schools only
Concurrence for principals
Y
Cultural leadership
Y Y Eligible primary and area schools only, see the page for more info
High priority teacher supply  Y
Secondary schools only
Grandparented service increment
Y
Also available to non-teaching staff
Higher duties
Y

Isolation
Y Y Primary and area schools only
Maori immersion teacher Y Y The base allowance is for teachers or principals with less than 3 years' service. Teachers or principals with 3+ or 6+ years' service can apply for an additional allowance.  

For teachers or principals on older employment agreements, schools can apply for an additional allowance after 5+ years service.
Middle management Y

Normal/model school
Y Y Primary schools only
Pacific bilingual immersion teaching allowance Y Y Primary principals and teachers, secondary school teachers and area school principals and teachers, who meet the eligibility criteria in their employment agreements.
Priority teacher supply
Y
Primary schools only
Recruitment, retention and responsibility (3R)
Y
Area and secondary schools only
Staffing incentive Y Y

Codes and Start of Year allowance summary

Units can only be split under clause 3.9.1 (b) (i) of the Primary Teachers' Collective   

The only time a unit can be split is under Clause 3.9.1 (b) (i) of the Primary Teachers' Collective Agreement, which allows schools with an entitlement of three or less units to split a fixed term unit between two staff who are in an approved full-time job share position. This can be advised in EdPay or on a NOVO2t or NOVO16t form by using code UFFH.