A compensation package for school staff affected by the Novopay debacle is "long overdue", Labour's education spokesperson says.
In the latest problem with the pay system, many permanent and fixed-term school employees have suddenly had a termination date of April 21 slapped on their contract.
The problem was discovered on Friday, after a string of problems with Novopay in recent months, resulting in some teachers being underpaid, overpaid, or not paid at all.
Auckland Primary Principals' Association president Jill Corkin said they are now waiting on the Education Ministry to come back to them on this latest issue.
"Thank goodness we've discovered it in time, well our hope it is in time. We've had no indication from the Ministry yet that they'll be able to fix it by April 21, but what would have happened if we hadn't noticed it?"