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The ongoing pay dispute between the States of Guernsey and the island's teachers will be settled at a Tribunal scheduled to take place over two days next week.
The hearing is due to start at 09:30 on Monday 24 April at the Peninsula Hotel.
A second day has been set aside too, on Tuesday 25 April, if the matter is not settled within a day.
Pictured: The States pay dispute with teachers is going to an industrial tribunal next week.
Teachers will be represented at the hearing by the Negotiating Committee for Teachers and Lecturers in Guernsey (NCTLG).
The States will be represented by civil servants of the Policy and Resources Committee which is the body responsible for employing public sector workers.
The Tribunal will be chaired by Roy Lewis, with Nicolla Tanguy and Jamie Roussel as lay members.
Pictured: NASWUT members were not happy with the pay offer made last year.
The pay dispute was referred to a Tribunal by Stephen Naftel, the Industrial Disputes Officer for Guernsey, after teaching unions including the NASUWT, the NEU, NAHT, ASCL, and UCU all failed to reach an agreement with Policy and Resources over their pay.
The pay offer at the heart of the dispute included a 5% uplift to salaries for 2022, plus a sum of £500 which would be consolidated into pay scales and become permanent and pensionable (backdated to 1 January 2022 with the applicable RPIX of 2.3%). It also offered an uplift equal to RPIX as at 30 June 2022, which was 7%, for 2023, and an uplift equal to RPIX as at 30 June 2023, minus 1% for 2024. In the event that RPIX falls below 1% this year then teachers would be given a pay award of zero to avoid a pay cut.
In referring the dispute to a Tribunal earlier this year, Mr Naftel said he was aware that teachers and P&R were at loggerheads over the offer and having spoken with both sides he believed there was no prospect of them reaching an agreement.
Pictured: Mr Naftel's statement released today.
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