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Teachers demand vacation leave
11 Sep 2017 at 02:16hrs | Views
Teachers are demanding that Government allows them to go on vacation leave, as denying them that opportunity constitutes unfair labour practice and violates rights enshrined in the Constitution. Government deferred vacation leave for teachers last year as a cost-cutting measure.
The employer cited lack of resources to pay relief teachers during the three-month period that the full-time teachers would be away.
Teachers raised the issue at a National Joint Negotiating Council held recently. NJNC is a platform that brings Government and workers' representatives to the negotiating table.
Government was spending an estimated $2,5 million in outsourcing services from relief teachers. Apex Council chairperson Cecelia Alexander said Government was violating Statutory Instrument 1 of 2000, which contained Civil Service Commission regulations.
The employer cited lack of resources to pay relief teachers during the three-month period that the full-time teachers would be away.
Government was spending an estimated $2,5 million in outsourcing services from relief teachers. Apex Council chairperson Cecelia Alexander said Government was violating Statutory Instrument 1 of 2000, which contained Civil Service Commission regulations.
Source - the herald
