E/TE8/2/2

Contracts of Teaching Staff file, containing information as follows:

1980 - 1983

From: 1980 To: 1983

- Conditions of Service: Further Education Teachers; - letter to all teachers regarding national agreement on contracts of employment (1980); - notes of meetings with representatives of teachers’ bodies to discuss new contracts of employment (1980); - memo by County Secretary on breaches of contract by teachers (1980); - correspondence with National Union of Teachers regarding Local Education Authority (LEA) demanding teachers agree to a new model clause in the Terms & Conditions of Service individually, rather than as a body (1980); - County Secretary’s opinion on appointing teachers with a series of temporary contracts (1980); - report on possible division of responsibilities at Teachers’ Centres which lack a warden (1980); - specimen contracts issued to teachers working in Voluntary Aided schools, with suggested amendments by County Secretary (1980); - notes on code of practice for the elimination of sex discrimination and the promotion of equality of opportunity in employment (1981); - County Secretary’s advice on taking contributions from occasional supply teachers for the Teachers’ Superannuation Fund (1981-1982); - County Secretary’s opinion on proposed contracts for teachers in Voluntary Aided schools (1981); - answers to a questionnaire regarding LEA’s policy on part-time teachers and job sharing (1982); - partial continuation of vetting procedures when a vacancy arose at a school (1982); - attendance of Bedfordshire teachers at schools of other LEAs during inclement weather (1982); - policy on medical examination of newly appointed teachers (1982); - County Secretary’s opinion regarding industrial action being regarded as breach of contract and therefore being grounds for dismissal; - County Secretary’s opinion on assessment of part-time teachers’ salaries in the light of the case Phebey v Bedfordshire County Council (1982); - two cases of Headteachers arranging supply cover without reference to Northern Area Office and this being seen as deliberately confrontational, together with correspondence with the Headteachers involved to determine how they intended to pay the relief teachers when LEA had not sanctioned their employment (1982); - new LEA policy on payment of part time teachers (1983); - payment of allowances to Headteachers of schools with Adjustment Units or Hearing Impaired Units (1983); - new arrangements for the calculation of payments to part time teachers (1983).

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National Union of Teachers,
Phebey

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