Working Time 6.1 The standard working week for full time employees is 37 hours (36 in London). This may be calculated over a period other than a week in accordance with the provisions of Part 3.
6.2 Employees who are required to work non-standard patterns of work shall be compensated in accordance with the provisions of Part 3 Para 2.
6.3 Variations to the established working week or patterns of work will be reasonable and subject to adequate notice.
6.4 Working arrangements will comply with relevant Health and Safety legislation, including the European working time directive and its associated UK legislation.
Best Efforts/Full-time Executive will expend Executive’s best efforts on behalf of Company, and will abide by all policies and decisions made by Company, as well as all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations or ordinances. Executive will act in the best interest of Company at all times. Executive shall devote Executive’s full business time and efforts to the performance of Executive’s assigned duties for Company, provided that Executive may continue to serve on the boards of directors of other companies so long as such service is in accordance with the Company’s policies governing such activities.
Full Time; Best Efforts The Executive shall use his best efforts to promote the interests of the Company and shall devote his full business time and efforts to its business and affairs and shall not provide management services to any other company or otherwise engage in business activities that would reasonably be expected to materially interfere with the performance of the Executive’s duties, services and responsibilities hereunder.
Payday (a) Employees shall be paid biweekly.
(b) The Employer shall provide each employee with a comprehensive statement accompanying each direct deposit detailing all payments, allowances and deductions.
Salary Scales
2.5.1 Effective from 1 January 2024, and subject to the Remuneration provisions in the Terms of Settlement, a 4% increase will apply to all paid and printed rates. The following Allied Divisions shall refer to the applicable schedules for their scales: MIT, UCOL and Otago.
2.5.2 Effective from 1 January 2025, kaimahi will be translated into the following salary scale, which includes the 4% salary increase: Band Step (N/A for UCOL and TOPNZ) Scale Scale 2025 (4%) 40 hours Band Step(N/A for UCOL and TOPNZ Scale 2025 (4%) Scale 2025 (4%)
Salary Scale The salary scale applicable to Employees shall be set out hereinafter in the Wage Schedule.
Salary on Promotion An employee shall be given an increase to the next higher rate in the new salary range effective on the date of promotion.
Best Efforts of Employee Employee agrees to perform faithfully, industriously, and to the best of Employee's ability, experience, and talents, all of the duties that may be required by the express and implicit terms of this Agreement, to the reasonable satisfaction of Employer. Such duties shall be provided at such place(s) as the needs, business, or opportunities of the Employer may require from time to time.
TRAVELLING TIME 9.01 When the Employer requires an employee to travel for the purpose of performing duties the employee shall be compensated in the following manner:
(a) on a normal working day on which an employee travels but does not work, the employee shall receive regular pay for the day.
(b) on a normal working day on which an employee travels and works, the employee shall be paid:
(i) regular pay for the day for a combined period of travel and work not exceeding seven and one-half (7 ½) hours,
(ii) at the applicable overtime rate for additional travel time in excess of a seven and one-half (7 ½) hour period of work and travel, with a maximum payment for such additional travel time not to exceed twelve (12) hours pay in any day, calculated at the straight-time rate.
(c) on a day of rest or on a designated paid holiday, the employee shall be paid at the applicable overtime rate for hours travelled to a maximum payment of twelve (12) hours pay, calculated at the straight-time rate.
9.02 For the purpose of clause 9.01, the travelling time for which an employee shall be compensated is as follows:
(a) for travel by public transportation, the time between the scheduled time of departure and the time of arrival at a destination, including the normal travel time to the point of departure, as determined by the Employer;
(b) for travel by private means of transportation, the normal time as determined by the Employer, to proceed from the employee’s place of residence or work place, as applicable, direct to the destination and, upon return, direct back to the employee’s residence or work place;
(c) in the event that an alternate time of departure and/or means of travel is requested by the employee, the Employer may authorize such alternate arrangements in which case compensation for travelling time shall not exceed that which would have been payable under the Employer’s original determination. Such request shall not be unreasonably denied;
(d) when an employee travels through more than one (1) time zone, computation will be made as if the employee had remained in the time zone of the point of origin for continuous travel and in the time zone of each point of overnight stay after the first day of travel.
9.03 All calculations for travelling time shall be based on each completed period of fifteen (15) minutes.
9.04 Travelling time shall include time necessarily spent at each stop-over en route provided that such stop-over does not include an overnight stay.
9.05 Compensation under this Article shall not be paid for travel time to courses, training sessions, conferences and seminars unless so provided for in Article 18 (Career Development and Training).
VACATIONS Twelve-month ESPs shall be eligible for paid vacation days according to the following schedule: Upon completion of one year of service 5 days Upon completion of two to nine years of service 10 days Upon completion of ten or more years of service 15 days Upon completion of twenty years of service 20 days Vacation days may be accumulated and carried over from year to year. No more than the most recent year’s days earned may be carried over from one year to the next. Upon resignation, retirement, termination, or dismissal, unused accumulated vacation days shall be compensated to the employee not earlier than thirty (30) days nor later than sixty (60) days following severance of relationship with the school district.
1. For each employee employed on June 30th, vacation time earned shall be credited on July 1st. Retiring twelve (12) month employees with retirement date of June 30, will be credited with their final years vacation time. Upon cessation of employment, an employee is entitled only to those days earned as of July 1st preceding such cessation of employment. There will be no proration when they leave if it is before June 30.
2. Newly employed twelve (12) month ESPs hired after July 1st of any year will receive pro-rated credit of .4167 vacation days per month. Employees hired on or before the 15th of any month will receive vacation allotment for the entire month, and those hired after the 15th of any month will not receive any allotment for that month. Vacation time will not be earned and available for use until the following July 1st.
3. All Vacation days accrued will be rounded up to the nearest whole day.
4. Vacation time will be credited to twelve (12) month ESPs at the end of the day on June 30th following the completion of service through June 30th for that year. Credit for vacation will be granted for actual time worked. No current 12 month ESPs already accrued vacation days will be modified as a function of this agreement. Twelve-month District Office Administrative Assistants and twelve-month Principal’s Secretaries will only work during scheduled holiday vacations and days in which school is closed as needed for emergencies and other pressing matters. Vacation requests will be given at least two weeks in advance, except in the case of emergency.
