SSTA News
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Vice President Election 2015 – 2017
The result of the Vice President Election for 2015 – 2017 [table id=4 /] I would like to congratulate Kevin Penrose-Campbell on his election and offer him all the best wishes during his term of office Yours sincerely Seamus Searson General Secretary
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Named Person Complaints Consultation
Printable Version As an association and individual teachers we were asked to contribute to the consultation process with regards to parental/carers complaints against the Part 4 (Named Person) and Part 5 (Childs Plan.) This advice note has been commissioned to update you on our responses. Should making complaints concerning functions relating to the Part 4…
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Changes to pay and pension contributions backdated to April 2015
As of April 2014 those at the top of the classroom teacher payscale were paying a pension contribution of 9.5%. When the new tiered contributions were introduced in April 2015 the bandings meant that the pension contributions for those at the top of the payscale i.e. up to £34,999 dropped to 8.7%. However, with the…
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Pay and Conditions of Service Agreement 2015-2017
On Monday 28th October, The Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) formally agreed a number of proposals in relation to pay and conditions of service for teachers and associated professionals. Please find attached the Pay and Conditions of Service Agreement 2015-2017 and the supporting documents. The agreement includes: Pay – A 1.5% uplift from 1…
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Shared Parental Leave Fact Sheet
Printable Version Shared Parental Leave (SPL) In force from 5 April 2015 Applies where the expected week of childbirth is on or after this date. In the case of adoption, applies where child is to be placed for adoption on or after this date SPL can be taken by both parents at the same time…
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Named Person and Child’s Plan Consultation
The Scottish Government launched a public consultation on complaints concerning functions relating to the Named Person and Child’s Plan. The consultation is open for eight weeks until Friday 30 October 2015 on Citizen Space. Link to consultation and how to respond: https://consult.scotland.gov.uk/girfec/complaints The Named Person and Child’s Plan are part of the Getting It Right…
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Pay Agreement 2015
Please find attached the Pay Agreement 2015 and the supporting documents. The agreement includes Pay 1.5% 1 April 2015 and 1.0% 1 April 2016 Supply An evaluation and review of the impact of the recommendations of the supply working group will be concluded by January 2016 with a view to addressing any ongoing issues in…
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Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Scotland) 2015 – Pension Presentation
A recording of the Pension Presentation given by an Independent Financial Advisor at the recent meetings with members is now available for members to view. You must be logged into the website to view the video. To login to the website you can use your eight digit membership number or your email address as the…
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Early Retirement Buy Out Reduction (ERBBO)
Please see the statement received from the SPPA On 16 March SPPA wrote out to all scheme members who had either no protection or tapered protection setting out the changes being introduced from 1 April 2015. Enclosed with each letter was a leaflet which included details of the Early Retirement Buy Out Reduction and that…
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Meet the General Secretary – Pension Scheme
Seamus Searson the General Secretary would like to meet with SSTA members to discuss the issues that face secondary teachers and how we protect and improve conditions for members. The General Secretary will also give an update on Pay, Workload and the New Qualifications. A list of dates and venues are below. At this meeting…