Middlesbrough Council carried out job evaluations for council employees in 2005 as part of the Single Status agreement, but agreed to put those for nursery nurses on hold so that their terms and conditions could be looked at separately.
The council is now imposing new terms and conditions of employment on nursery nurses and auxiliary staff after talks between their representatives, unions and the council broke down. Moreover, if nursery nurses fail to sign by 1 October they will have a contract imposed on them and will lose the three-year pay protection given to other council employees whose jobs were downgraded under Single Status.
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