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© The Association of Independent Schools of NSW
Independent Schools Challenges: Now and in the Future
Trends in Teacher Salaries
Performance Pay
Award Modernisation
Michael Carr
Deputy Executive Director
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Teacher Salaries
Top of the Scale Salaries (Independent Sector)*
$71,993Queensland
$81,424NSW
$74,279ACT
$73,339 SA
$71,700WA
$75,500Victoria
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How do these salaries compare with the other sectors around the nation?
$77,546$77,546$75,500Victoria
$58,553$64,724$71,993Queensland
$78,667$78,667$81,424NSW
CatholicGovernmentIndependent
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How do these salaries compare with other professional salaries?*
*Source http://content.mycareer.com.au/salary-centre/ as at 03/08/09
MyCareer job listings inclusive of wage from the last 90 days and updated weekly. Figures may incorporate total pkg.
$ 203,452Medicine
$ 123,220Engineering
$ 86,192Law
$ 72,281Nursing
$84,948Accounting
$70,142Teaching
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Performance Pay
Philosophy of Performance Pay
Resistance to Performance Pay by unions
Federal Government’s attitude towards Performance Pay
Case Study.
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Performance Pay
Assessment against Standards
Assessment is ‘evidentiary’ based
What sort of evidence?
Relationship between performance pay and poor performance.
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Award Modernisation
A unitary Industrial Relations system
Safety Net
Issues yet to be resolved.
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Referral of Powers
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What is the Modern Award (Federal) Likely to Look Like?
Teachers: Safety Net Award
Salary Range
Major Conditions
Sick Leave
Parental Leave
Long Service Leave
Hours Clauses
Exemptions
205 day limit / exemptions See handout
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What is the Modern Award (Federal) likely to look like?
Non-Teachers:
Industry award to cover virtually all employees
No automatic progression – based on skills
Introduction of Allowances and Penalty Clauses
Stand-Down preserved, but employees without stand-down currently likely to be an issue (Boarding Staff, Cleaners & Childcare Staff)
Safety Net Provisions
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Likely Union Action
Union will do whatever they can to
move schools onto agreements
Schools relying on Federal Award
Notify a Bargaining Period
Schools must bargain In good faith
If negotiations break down can take
protected industrial action - strike
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Likely Union Action
Negotiate as per current agreements,
i.e. individually with schools or systems of schools
Schools relying on Agreements
Negotiate a new Agreement/s
Options
Enter into multi-business agreements
covering multiple schools
OR
Do nothing and rely on Modern Award
OR
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Michael Carr
Deputy Executive Director
Level 12, 99 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Phone (02) 9299 2845 Fax (02) 9290 2274
Web aisnsw.edu.au Email [email protected]
ABN 96 003 509 073
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