Clause 31 - Emergency
Teachers
31.1
Definition
An emergency
teacher is a casual employee appointed on an ad hoc basis for up to and
including fifteen consecutive school days. An emergency teacher must be a
registered teacher with the Victorian institute of teaching
31.2 Rate
of Pay & Classification
31.2.1 An
emergency teacher’s rate of pay and classification shall not be subject to
clause 28.
31.2.2 An
emergency teacher shall be paid at the rate specified in Schedule 4 of this
Agreement.
31.2.3 For
the purposes of the WR Act the rate of pay in Schedule 4 is calculated on the
level G1 teacher classification’s hourly rate of pay plus a loading of at least
20%
31.2.4 For
each day on which an emergency teacher is employed, that teacher shall be paid
for two hours of work for the first two hours of work or part thereof and at the
hourly rate for each subsequent hour or part thereof to a maximum of the daily
rate
31.2.5 After
fifteen consecutive school days of employment in the one school, and where the
Employer wishes to extend the appointment, the teacher shall, for the remainder
of the extended period, be classified and paid as a relieving teacher in
accordance with clause 21 – Casual Relieving Employees, of this Agreement.
31.3 An
emergency teacher shall not be entitled to any benefits pursuant to:
31.3.1 Clause
6 - Accident make-up pay;
31.3.2 Clause
7 - Annual leave and school holiday pay and leave loading;
31.3.3 Clause
14 - Leave with pay;
31.3.4 Clause
16 - Parental leave;
31.3.5 Clause
25 - Termination of employment;
31.3.6 Clause
27 - Wages Definitions, allowances and workload; and
31.3.7 Clause
28 - Teacher classification structure and incremental progression.