Within schools occupational sick pay can be expensive, especially for longterm absences. It covers additional terms including notice periods, retirement, sick pay, maternity and other leave and insurance provisions. It used to be statutory for all schools, but some acadmies or free schools may not honour it. Access the njc circular containing advice about the novel coronavirus covid19 for school support staff. The burgundy book covers other terms and conditions of employment e. However, there are some differences between green book and burgundy book terms and conditions please see below. Sick pay, leave of absence entitlement and resignation and dismissal dates, amongst others. A guide to gender pay gap reporting and what it means for your school. Sick pay and sick leave regulations for teachers employed.
There are also appendices covering arrangements between local authorities and recognised teachers organisations. They give a sliding scale according to aggregated service as follows. Coronavirus employment implications faqs for public. School teachers pay and conditions document 2017 and guidance on school teachers pay and conditions valid until 31 august 2018 ref.
It relays guidance from three unions and one of our associate experts, as well as from the hr director of a multiacademy trust. A pregnant employee is required to inform their employer of. Section 2 school teachers pay and conditions document 2019 7 part 1 pay general 8 september 2019 pay award 8 1. We have issued this previously but for completeness and convenience, we have reproduced our summary of. Statutory entitlements apply where they are more favourable. Teacher maternity pay monthly pay after tax maternity. How much occupational sick pay is a teacher entitled to. A school worried about its budget, with a bit more freedom over pay and conditions, might be. Continuous service guidance for schools and academies.
The burgundy books main provisions relate to notice periods, sick leave and pay and maternity leave and pay. For further guidance on statutory adoption pay, visit the following page on gov. Maternity leave and maternity pay can be a source of great confusion for many teachers. Working in worcestershire schools pitcheroak school. Those teachers who meet all the requirements of the scheme are entitled to 52 weeks adoption leave and 39 weeks salary, which is payable at a rate of. Teachers employed under the burgundy book or red book who are required to selfisolate in the circumstances described above are treated as receiving sick pay but any such absence will not count against the individuals entitlement to occupational sick pay. Application of the scheme the scheme shall apply to all fulltime and parttime teachers. Conditions of service for school teachers in england and wales.
When a school converts to academy status, existing employees pay and conditions will be protected under the transfer of undertakings protection of employment tupe regulations. Appendix 2 ready reckoner for calculating redundancy pay 50 j sickness provisions 51 1 general standards 51 2 sick pay entitlement 51 a contractual sick pay 51 52 b statutory sick pay ssp 52 53 c grant of sick pay to victims of crimes of violence 53 d. However, in education, occupational sick pay schemes tend to be more generous than that of the commercial sector and can see full pay granted for 3 months or more. Teachers pay common issues department of education. Sick pay scheme 7 leave of absence sick leave and pay sick pay sick leave year deductions from sick pay termination of employment during a period of sick leave paragraph 7 school closure periods paragraph 8 conditions paragraph 9 absences arising from accidents, injury or assault at work paragraph 10 contact with infectious diseases. Allowances and other payments for classroom teachers. School teachers pay and conditions document 2019 and.
Nasuwt maternity, paternity and shared parental leave. Teachers teachers national sick pay entitlements are set out in the burgundy book. These are the 2020 2021 burgundy book teacher maternity policy rates. It enhances the statutory maternity scheme for teachers who have one years continuous service at the beginning of the 11th week before the expected week of childbirth ewc. When do you need to inform your employer about your pregnancy. It is down to the academy whether to continue to incorporate the burgundy book into the contracts of new starters or not, or whether to incorporate parts of it. Updates to the green book conditions of service document. For more details please see your trade union website. Novel coronavirus covid19 a reminder of the current provision set out in the burgundy book which aims to assist local decision making for school teachers absences related to novel coronavirus. Under the green book any period of absence relating to selfquarantine will not. Learn about rics sick pay, including a description from the employer, and comments and ratings provided anonymously by current and former rics employees.
Soulburypaid employees are covered by the green book sick pay scheme. They are required to provide two months notice, so to leave on the previous dates the deadline for notice is respectively the 31st. These changes have looked at seeking changes to notice periods, sick pay, parental leave and probation. Wales the burgundy book takes into account developments in national.
Both teachers and nonteachers will be paid on full pay, not counted as sick pay, during periods of school closure unless the employee is considered unfit and would not be able to attend work if the school was open. If you do not work in a local authority, or an organisation that takes out the lga workforce subscription you will need to take out the lga workforce subscription in order to download a copy of the burgundy book. This article looks at sick pay entitlements for teachers, and explains how entitlements for parttime teachers are calculated. The costs of occupational sick pay how are you reducing. You may be unsure about your entitlement to sick pay as a teacher. For both, in national terms, occupational sick pay increases with length of service. Generally, teachers are expected to leave their posts at the end of one of the three school terms autumn, spring and summer. Advice and guidance about your rights at work and the conditions of your employment, including information on maternity and paternity leave, redundancy and workload and key documents including school teachers pay and conditions document, burgundy book etc. Maternity pay although this section has largely been superseded by improvements in the statutory scheme. Full pay for 25 working days and, after completing four calendar months service, half pay for 50 working days. Glassdoor is your resource for information about the sick pay benefits at rics. The amount will depend on the type of school you work at and the provisions within the contract. Conditions of service for school teachers in england and. School employees covered by the burgundy book teachers and green book support staff sick pay schemes are entitled to full pay for absence when they are required to be absent due to infectious illness and this absence does not count against sick pay entitlements.
Your entitlement to sick pay and sick leave for teachers in the maintained sector is set out in the burgundy book where academies have transferred staff from the maintained sector under the transfer of undertakings protection of employment regulations, tupe, the burgundy book will form part of their contracts of. Sick pay scheme 7 paragraph 1 leave of absence 7 paragraph 2 sick leave and pay 7. If you work at a public school, for example, you could be entitled to full pay as provided for in the burgundy book and green book. What does the white paper mean for our teachers pay. The burgundy book is a document that lists entitlements for teachers, including sick pay, maternity leave, leave of absence and resignation dates. There are also appendices covering arrangements between. Teaching staff in accordance with the burgundy book during 1st year of service full pay for 25 working days and, after completing four months service, half pay for 50 working days. The impact of covid19 on employees sick pay school leaders should be aware of the provisions set out in the burgundy book which applies to teachers.
This absence does not count against sick pay entitlements. This is unusual though, and most teachers in academies will be entitled to these provisions. Timing of salary determination and notification 9 part 2 leadership group pay 11 4. Academies approaches to teachers pay idr page 3 of 67. Keeping you up to date with the latest research and news from the cipd. It is published each year by the dfe and determines pay scales, conditions of employment including the workload agreement, threshold arrangements, etc. Sick pay and sick leave regulations for teachers employed in schools in hampshire as amended to reflect the provisions of the social security medical evidence and statutory sick pay medical evidence amendment regulations 2010 1. Resignation and dismissal the burgundy book provides that classroom teachers and members of the leadership team are entitled to contractual notice as outlined in the table below.
Most schools will follow the burgundy book for teachers sick pay entitlements. Green book sickness scheme tto general hr in schools. For the purposes of the sick pay scheme, service includes all aggregated teaching service with one or more local education authorities. The burgundy book includes provisions on sick pay and leave, as well as maternity pay and leave. Continue reading posted in blogs tagged academies, burgundy book, notice period, sick pay, stpcd, teacher pay, teacher retention leave a comment. This advice applies to academy schools that continue to abide by the provisions of the burgundy book for their teachers. The blue book which is no longer blue is the common name of the school teachers pay and conditions document.
Schoolbased employees covered by the burgundy book teachers, and staff employed on green book terms and conditions may be entitled to full pay for absence when they are required to be absent due to infectious illness. In your first year of teaching, you are entitled to full pay for 25 working days and, after four calendar months, you are entitled to 50 working days on half pay. Sick pay the differences for teachers and support staff. The dates of the last days of term are 31st december, 30th april and 31st august. For more information on teachers terms and conditions of employment, see practice note, performance, pay and terms of employment for school staff. The majority of schools and multiacademy trusts comply with the national terms for occupational sick pay, which for support staff is governed by the green book and for teachers is the burgundy book. These are two areas where teachers currently get a much better deal than most workers. Teachers national sick pay entitlements, set out in the burgundy book, give a sliding scale entitlement according to length of service, as follows.
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