10% pay cut if I leave teaching for 26weeks?

inspiron 1

Hi, any information would be great

I am currently covering a maternity position which ends in September, I hope to travel to Austrailia then as I think jobs will be scarce.

I have been told that if I leave teaching for more than 26 weeks, I will considered a new entrant and my wages will be cut along with pension changes.

Does anybody have any info on this ??

roe_cat

Not too sure - but as far as i know it wouldn't just be the 10% pay cut - you'll go back to point one on the scale as well (you're probably on point 3 right now) so you'll definitely have to put some thought into it - on the other hand - you might not really have any choice if you can't get a job...

starre

I've been told that it's back to point one of the scale, and will be treated as a new entrant.

Benicetomonty

10% and back to scale one, correct, as per Croke Park Agreement. Please tell me you voted no....

floating voter

Nothing to do with croke park agreement afik.

Measure for new entrants was announced in the budget along with new pension agreements which are currently subject of a union campaign.

None of these changes have been signed into law because the outgoing government passed a truncated finance bill so that the election could go ahead.

All proposed unilateral changes to teachers conditions outside of nationally agreed croke park stuff (which has started) will fall to the incoming government to implement.

You might be lucky as nothing is agreed yet and if labour are in govt they should stand up for workers rights.

xt40

floating voter wrote: »

Measure for new entrants was announced in the budget along with new pension agreements which are currently subject of a union campaign.

None of these changes have been signed into law because the outgoing government passed a truncated finance bill so that the election could go ahead.

Reading this thread, i feel mightily pissed off. Ive a degree,h dip and am almost finished the guidance dip. ive also got 16 years (post dip) teaching experience in corporate IT training. Rather than return to teaching a subject i had no interest or belief in, i decided to go down the guidance route as i felt that it would be more personally rewarding and beneficial to my students if i could pass on to them my unique experience of having worked in and developed training programs for every govt dept and most of the major employers in this country
I waited 2 years to secure a place on the very expensive and demanding guidance dip on the assumption that i would be able to return at point 9 on the scale.
Now it appears that my 6 years of university, 16 years experience and 2 separate years of doing unpaid school placements qualify me to earn about 30 grand gross (before deduction of the pension levy). With that, i am supposed to pay a mortgage and be sole breadwinner in a family of 5.

F.kers on the dole with similar family sizes to mine who never worked a day in their lives and have no education get more.

floating voter

Teachers are used to qualifying for nothing and paying for everything. So it was in the 1980's so it is now so it will ever be.

On a positive note you should try to add some counselling skills to your guidance package. A lot of schools are combining both roles and it would be another feather in your cap plus help you stand out from the crowd.