Unison has lodged a pay claim south of the border with the local government pay negotiating body, the National Joint Council for Local Government Services, to put an end to term-time only contracts, which it says discriminate against 'tens of thousands' of its members who work in education. Around 80 per cent of classroom support staff are unpaid for up to 13 weeks a year, the union says, losing out on holiday pay, sick pay and other benefits, but legally barred from claiming job seekers' allowance during school holidays. The union is also concerned about the growing threat from local authorities to impose term-time-only pay on nursery nurses in schools, which it says is equal to at least a 20 per cent pay cut.
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