Teachers 'could work longer hours to avoid pay cuts' [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 19 April 2011
Teachers in primary and secondary schools could find themselves working longer hours in order to avoid getting a pay cut, it has been said.
Labour Relations Commission chief executive Kieran Mulvey stated that public servant employees who wanted their salaries to remain the same could work more in order to avoid this.
"Nobody wants any more pay cuts, but we can change the way we work," he said, in an attempt to resolve the government's financial problems.
Mr Mulvey is the chief broker of the Croke Park agreement, which suggests that areas of the public service could make employees work longer shifts in order to help the nation's fiscal situation to recover.
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