New Zealand Legislation: Acts

139AK Mandatory reporting of dismissals and resignations

• (1) When an employer dismisses a teacher for any reason, the employer must immediately report the dismissal to the Teachers Council.

  (2) An employer must immediately report to the Teachers Council when a teacher resigns from a teaching position if, within the 12 months preceding the resignation, the employer had advised the teacher that it was dissatisfied with, or intended to investigate, any aspect of the conduct of the teacher, or the teacher's competence.

  (3) Every report under this section must be in writing, and must include,—

  • (a) in the case of a report of dismissal, the reason for the dismissal; and

  • (b) in the case of a report of a resignation,—

    • (i) a description of the conduct or competency issues that the employer had been concerned about; and

    • (ii) a report of what action (if any) the employer had taken with respect to the conduct or competency issues.

  Section 139AK: inserted, on 1 September 2004, by section 37(1) of the Education Standards Act 2001 (2001 No 88).