Employment contracts contain more information about individual contracts. Apart from the above requirements, the parties decide what is stipulated in the collective agreement (unless the employment agency is invited and agrees to set the terms of the contract). Collective agreements are agreements between employers and registered unions that cover workers in the employer`s workplace. The initiation date is the date on which the negotiation process can begin. The initiation date is the date on which the negotiation process can begin. Both parties can enter into negotiations from 60 days before the collective agreement expires. A collective agreement is the formal employment contract that was ratified and signed after collective bargaining. The agreement defines the terms of employment of union members whose work is covered by the coverage clause of the agreement. Section 53 of the Employment Relations Act 2000 provides that an expired collective agreement remains viable for an additional 12 months, provided that the union or employer has entered into negotiations to replace the collective agreement before the expiry of the deadline. Collective agreements indicate the date on which they come into force. You can indicate that different parts of the agreement come into force on different dates. If no date is indicated, it will come into effect on the date the last party signs it. Collective agreements are available to most workers in the state-integrated education sector.

The expiry of a collective agreement does not necessarily mean the end of the collective agreement. Access current collective agreements and their relevant key dates. Non-union members can bargain collectively with an employer or employer, but their negotiation cannot end with a collective agreement that is only identical or very similar individual employment contracts. Board members are subject to a number of collective agreements. NZSTA participates in negotiations with the Ministry of Education, the union and other stakeholders, as well as other related issues that have a direct impact on all school staff. Your collective agreement guarantees you your salary and conditions. The employer and the union must keep a signed copy of the collective agreement and provide a copy to employees if they request it. The employer must give them to new workers who are not unionized and whose work is covered by the coverage clause. All nine agreements have been ratified by all parties and come into force from September 1, 2017 to August 31, 2019. Under these extensions, all conditions not included in the 2017-19 agreements, including the central and local conditions contained in the 2014-17 agreements, remain the status quo. As a result, these extensions will provide an additional two years of stability in schools across the province.