Primary Teacher Fixed-Term (Reliever) Individual Employment Agreement

Promulgated 25 January 2011


BETWEEN the Board of Trustees ("the Board") of .............................
..........................................................[name of school] ("the School")
a statutory body constituted pursuant to section 93 of the Education Act 1989 ..................................................... [school number] (the Employer)

AND........................................................................... (the Employee)


1.Fixed Term Employment

The Employee is employed as a fixed-term reliever teacher upon, and subject to, the terms and conditions contained in this agreement and shall be employed either -

(a)(i)short term - a period not exceeding three weeks (refer to section 1.6.9 of the Primary Teachers' Collective Agreement 2010-2012); or

(a)(ii)long term - a continuous period beyond three weeks; (refer to section 1.6.9 of the Primary Teachers' Collective Agreement 2010-2012) (delete (i) or (ii) as necessary) and

(b)full time or part-time.(delete one) If part-time the pro-rata hours of work per week are ............................ [indicate proportion of full-time hours, e.g 0.2 = one day per week].

2.Period of Employment

(Essential Note: refer to Section 66 Employment Relations Act and/or Section 2.2.5 of the Primary Teachers' Collective Agreement 2010-2012 and/or Ministry Circular 2000/23 as these must be complied with in completing this section.)

The Employee is employed for the period from................................. (insert start date) UNTIL [either] (tick the one appropriate option below and strike out the others)


______ (tick) A specified date (insert date) ............................................. because (state reasons).........................................................................

OR

______ (tick) The occurrence of a specified event (such as where the purpose of the position ceases or substantially alters or funding for it is withdrawn) (event details) ..................................................................
........................................................................ because (state reasons)
...........................................................................................................

OR

______ (tick)Conclusion of a specified project (for example entering catalogue of library book collection onto computer database) (project details) ..................................................................... because (state reasons) ......................................................................................

3. Terms and Conditions of Employment

The terms and conditions of employment under this agreement are -

(a)Those terms and conditions of the Primary Teachers' Collective Agreement 2010-2012 that are applicable to fixed-term reliever teachers, modified as necessary to apply within this individual employment agreement; and

(b)Any other terms and conditions set out in this agreement.

The place of work will normally be ..................................................

The Employee's salary shall commence under this agreement at $ .............................. per annum (pro-rated accordingly if part time)
......................... [and if applicable state number and type of salary units].

4. Copy of the Collective Agreement

A copy of the Primary Teachers' Collective Agreement 2010-2012 is attached (available on website).

5. Independent Advice

The Employee acknowledges that he/she has had reasonable opportunity to seek independent advice on the proposed agreement.

6. Completeness

The terms and conditions set out in this agreement replace any previous arrangements and understandings.

7. Signatories

SIGNED by .................................... (Employee) on .................... [date]

SIGNED for and on behalf of the above named Employer by
[signature] ........................................................................................
[print name and position] ...................................................................
[date] ...............................................................................................
[school number] ................................................................................



Content last updated: 2 February 2012