Parent-teacher meeting row may delay pay rises

PAY increases to more than 40,000 primary and secondary teachers in January could be delayed because of disagreement about parent-teacher meeting times.

The second round of benchmarking payments and the first 2% of increases under the Sustaining Progress Social Partnership Deal are due to all public servants from January 1.

Most teachers with more than five years’ experience would see a monthly increase of over E200 including half of a 13% rise recommended by the June 2002 benchmarking report.