Redundancy: What if I’m offered alternative employment? Overview It is a fact that redundancy situations do happen in schools. The most common reasons raised at Edapt are such as financial savings, perhaps a shift in the curriculum design or a restructuring of support services for example. In this article we will look at one option…
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It is becoming more common for staff to be asked (or instructed) to work at home in circumstances surrounding an investigation. Suspension from work is where an employee continues to be employed under their contract of employment, but is instructed not to attend the workplace or undertake any work. This is typically whilst a disciplinary matter is investigated.
Disability leave is planned or unplanned time off from work for a reason related to someone’s disability. It is a type of ‘reasonable adjustment’ which disabled workers may be entitled to under the Equality Act 2010.
The key difference between support staff pay and teaching staff pay is that teachers have Directed Time hours for their annual salary (plus the additional time to complete their role).
The length of the lunchtime varies across the education sector with some schools having as little as 30 minutes and varying up to an hour in some schools.
There are a number of formal school processes that give members of staff a legal right to be accompanied at a meeting. The formal nature of these meetings is different to informal ones where the right to be accompanied is at the employer’s discretion. An investigation is one example.
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Teaching Apprenticeships: what has been announced? Overview It has been announced by the Department for Education (DfE) that a new teaching apprenticeship will launch this autumn. The motivation seems to be to improve recruitment to the profession providing another route in. One key aspect is to allow people to earn while they study for a…
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