Photo: ODT filesThe Ministry of Education has decided to pay striking teachers in full today, surprising the secondary teachers’ union ahead of talks aimed at resolving the pay dispute later this week. Photo: Education.govt.nzThe ministry and Education Minister Chris Hipkins are due to meet the two teacher unions on Thursday to try to resolve the teachers’ claims over pay and conditions which led to a national teachers’ strike last week. “Given this action only affects one year group at a time and will not affect the full school day for teachers, striking teachers will still be getting paid,” MacGregor-Reid said. “Until December 2018, employers had the right to deduct at least 10 per cent from workers’ pay when workers took partial strike action. “Subsequent to that, the National Government changed the legislation, enabling a deduction from the unionised workforce of 10 per cent for a partial strike.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 04, 2019 03:51 UTC