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  • Formal agreement on teachers' pay and workload

    Topics:
    • Teaching staff, 
    • Teachers' pay and workload settlement 2017/19

    Date published: 28 April 2020

    At a meeting of the Teachers’ Negotiating Committee on Tuesday 28 April 2020, Management Side and the Northern Ireland Teachers’ Council formally ratified an agreement to resolve the long running industrial dispute of teachers’ pay and workload.

    News Update

    A copy of the joint statement from the Teachers' Negotiating Committee is available in the Department's website at Joint statement from the Teachers' Negotiating Committee - 28 April 2020

    The agreement between Management and Trade Union side is available on the Department's website at TNC 2020/01 - Agreement between Management and Trade Union Side - 28 April 2020

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    Media queries to the Education Press Office at press.office@education-ni.gov.uk

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