Support for Pay Equity claims in the Early Childhood Education sector is limited, according to Early Childhood Council surveys.

The Early Childhood Council says the ‘educationally powerful connections’ vision set out in the Ministry of Education’s Briefing for Incoming Education Minister will be handicapped by the broken early learning funding model.

A recent Early Childhood Council survey found the proposed increase in minimum sick leave entitlement could cost the early learning sector an additional $24 million a year, with no indication of where the money will come from.