The education minister in Northern Ireland hopes to finalize a pay settlement for teachers within days, ending a dispute over a satisfactory pay offer for the 2024-25 financial year. Unions suspended planned industrial action while negotiations continue.
Paul Givan said his department is "close to finalising a resolution in terms of this current financial year".suspended planned industrial action"Within the next number of days I hope we will be able to bring this matter to a conclusion but I have to respect the processes the unions need to go through," he said.NASUWT, INTO, the UTU and the NEU had balloted their members over what they described as the lack of "a satisfactory pay offer for 2024-25".
Responding to Givan's comments, NASUWT National Official Northern Ireland Justin McCamphill said the union was "still in negotiations".Despite the fact that it is more than halfway through the 2024-25 financial year, no pay deal for teachers in Northern Ireland has yet been agreed. Speaking on Friday, Givan said there was "a different negotiating framework here in Northern Ireland", which is "not part of a UK-wide process".
"I've had to try to identify funding, which has been really difficult given the pressures that exist within my department, to try and get the funding I need this year," he added.In December, Givan said that giving teachers in Northern Ireland the 13.
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