SCHOOL STAFF CHECK YOUR PAY!

All school based members should re-check they are paid at the correct level and have the correct holiday entitlement.

It is UNISON’s view that the best solution is an increase in the weeks paid formula once you have reached 5 years service i.e. 40- 41 weeks thus providing pay for the extra weeks holiday. And ensuring that the inset training remains remain available for all.

Term Time only  staff pay formula.

The salary formula for term time only  staff includes an allowance for Bank Holidays and annual leave (hence working 5 days less after 5 years service) and is:

Annual salary ÷ 1728 hours x hours worked per week x weeks employed per annum.

This formula was devised pre 1988 on the following basis:

‘As a term time only employee you receive an enhanced rate of pay which includes payment in lieu of annual leave, equivalent to twenty days (4 weeks).  This is done by reducing the working year – 1872 hours (36 hours x 52 weeks) by 144 hours (36 hours x 4 weeks).  Thus you are paid 1/1728th of the full time annual salary for each hour worked.

There are 190 school days in any school year.  As a ‘term time only’ employee initially you will be appointed for between 37 and 44 weeks in any year and you will be required to work XX weeks per annum less 5 days if less than 5 yea

With less than 5 years service 5 day leave with pay is granted on 3 days for Bank Holidays and 2 days in respect of the New Technology Agreement.

Employees with 5 years continuous local government service are entitled to an additional 5 days annual leave and so work 5 days less per annum.’

                                                                                    Extract from Statement of Employment

                                                                                                                Particulars issued to term time only staff

Term time only staff can be employed between 37 and 44 weeks. As outlined above, If employed on a 40 week contract they are paid for 200 days. Staff with less than 5 years service are required to work 195 days, 190 of which are pupil days which allows HT’s to allocate a further 5 days which could be and often is for training / inset days.

Staff contracted to work 40 weeks that have 5 years service or more are only required to work 190 days. They will therefore be entitled to additional payments if required to attend the training / inset days. Alternatively HT could increase their contractual pay to 41 weeks, give time off in lieu or pay additional hours.

Most important thing to remember is that staff will always work five days less than they are contracted/paid to work and then after 5 years continuous local government service then that will alter to 10 days less.

Term time only staff are paid in 12 equal monthly instalments.