Changes to pay system "demoralising" for new teachers [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 06 July 2011
Newly-qualified teachers may find that changes to the profession's pay structure will lead to them earning less than their colleagues.
This is according to teaching union ASTI, which stated many entrants could consider the prospect of taking home less money for doing the same amount of work "demoralising".
Under proposals announced yesterday (July 5th), second level teachers will be appointed to the first point of the pay scale instead of the third point as they were in the past, the union explained, which would effectively mean a pay cut of five per cent on top of the ten per cent reduction already being applied to all new public sector staff.
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