Teachers face delay in pay rise over meetings row

MORE than 40,000 teachers are unlikely to receive pay increases until at least next month because of continued failure to agree on the timing of parent-teacher meetings.

Two days of resumed talks on the issue reached an impasse yesterday evening, after negotiations on the issue broke down before Christmas.

A requirement of teachers in return for the second phase of benchmarking increases and pay rises under the Sustaining Progress national wage agreement was to agree on times of parent-teacher meetings. The increases of almost 10% should mean at least €200 more a month for teachers with more than five years’ experience.