Nursery World - Term-time staff see victory

Along-running dispute between term-time school staff in Northern Ireland and the Province's five Education and Library Boards looks set to end following a management offer put forward last week, with implications for similar workers in the rest of Britain. The offer put forward by the Joint Negotiating Council for the Boards will raise the status of term-time staff by giving them the option of transferring to 52-week contracts and full year-round pay - in effect a pay increase of up to 2,500 - from 1 April. They will also have full entitlement to sick pay and full maternity pay, as well as between six and 14 additional days of annual leave based on their length of service, and will have an increased pension entitlement. The Council has also agreed to end all term-time working in education by reviewing all temporary posts with a view to making them permanent.

The offer put forward by the Joint Negotiating Council for the Boards will raise the status of term-time staff by giving them the option of transferring to 52-week contracts and full year-round pay - in effect a pay increase of up to 2,500 - from 1 April. They will also have full entitlement to sick pay and full maternity pay, as well as between six and 14 additional days of annual leave based on their length of service, and will have an increased pension entitlement. The Council has also agreed to end all term-time working in education by reviewing all temporary posts with a view to making them permanent.

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