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Union proposes expanded personal, bereavement and sick-leave language
Summary
The NPEA presented specific changes to personal leave, bereavement leave, and sick leave accrual for 2026-27, including language that the minutes record as both 'three (3) five (5) days' of personal leave and a proposal for ten sick days for 157-day contracts.
During opening bargaining the New Plymouth Education Association submitted detailed language changes on leave provisions for the 2026–27 contract. The minutes record a proposal under "2.1.1 Personal Leave" that reads in the record as "three (3) five (5) days per year," and a bereavement section expanding covered relations with proposed days (e.g., up to five days for in-law relations and up to two days for other close relatives or close friends).
The NPEA also proposed that professional employees accrue sick leave "at the rate of one (1) day per month worked," with employees on 157-day contracts entitled to "ten (10) days Sick Leave per year." The minutes further note that family sick leave days would ordinarily come from personal sick leave unless the Sick Leave Committee deems the case catastrophic. The Board asked for clarifications on several leave provisions during its post-caucus discussion; no agreements were recorded.
