VEC pay

scut

Hi, I've just started in a vec and I heard an awful rumour that I'll only be paid monthly? Is it true??? Also when should I expect to start getting paid?
Thanks

spurious

Being paid monthly is not exclusive to VECs.

Each VEC has its own arrangements.
In the CDVEC, permanent wholetime teachers are paid once a month - usually the last Thursday. Contract and CID people are paid every two weeks.

You should contact the personnel department of your VEC, though the secretary in your school/centre is probably an expert on pay related things.

Miss Lockhart

If not on permanent salary: generally, you work a month then fill in a claim for that month at the end of it; you are then paid for it on a certain date the following month. (For eg in CDVEC last year it was the 23rd or the Friday before that date if it fell at the weekend)

For eg:

Work Sept.
Fill in claim form last Fri in Sept.
Paid 23rd Oct.

You might be lucky if you worked the last week in August you might get paid for it by the end of Sept. This changes yearly though.

implausible

Yep, ask the secretary. In our VEC we get paid once a month with a mid-month advance (which is effectively every two weeks).

If you are being paid per hour (subbing, casual), you'll have to fill in a claim form every month for that month and get paid (hopefully) a few weeks after. You could be waiting a while for the first pay-cheque though.

scut

thanks guys. I'll have a chat with the sercretary tomorrow

rainbowtrout

my vec pays fortnightly which is great, but I think we're in the minority, they were still paying us by cheque until about 3 years ago.