Chief Minister John Le Fondré announced that a deal had been agreed by union officials which will now be put to its members.
Jersey’s other teaching union the National Education Union reached a deal with the SEB earlier this month after days of strike action. NASUWT representatives have been implementing work-to-rule action.
Addressing the latest deal, in a statement the Chief Minister said: ‘The SEB’s negotiators held further meetings and discussions with NASUWT officials, in order to explore their concerns about the teachers’ pay offer. We are happy that we were able to clarify understanding of the detail in the pay offer and provide reassurance to the union officials about the scope of the review of teachers’ supplementary allowances. We are pleased that the offer will now be put to their members, and hope that we will be able to satisfactorily conclude the teachers’ 2018-20 pay review.”
The proposed agreement provides for the following core pay offer:
• 2018 – 2% consolidated increase plus 1.1% non-consolidated cash payment
• 2019 – 2% consolidated increase plus 1.0% non-consolidated cash payment
• 2020 – RPI + 1.3% consolidated increase, plus an additional 0.8% funded through reforms and sustainable efficiencies.
Over the three years, based on an assumed RPI of 3.1%, this represents a consolidated increase worth 9.4%, plus 2.1% of non-consolidated cash payments according to the government.
