- Conference
- 2022 Local Government Service Group Conference
- Date
- 14 February 2022
- Decision
- Carried
This conference congratulates those branches that have secured settlements to correct historic underpayments of holiday pay for term time only (TTO) workers. Since the publication of the NJC guidance in 2019, UNISON has secured over £55 million in settlements for term time only staff who have been underpaid.
The conference commends the joint guidance to branches and believes that all employers that have staff on term time contracts should negotiate local agreements with UNISON that ensure fair and equal treatment for term time staff.
However, there have been delays in producing further joint guidance on sickness and maternity leave for term time only staff and many term time only staff continue to be treated less favourably than their full time colleagues in these areas.
The Conference calls on the Service Group Executive to:
1)Work with the Local Government Association to complete the work of the NJC TTO working group on guidance around maternity, shared parental leave and other family leave entitlements, and sickness pay and leave;
2)Further develop guidance, bargaining advice and training for branches on term time working issues;
3)Encourage and monitor the implementation of comprehensive local agreements on term time working arrangements following the publication of the NJC guidance;
4)Continue to challenge those employers who we believe are discriminating against term time workers;
5)Work with the Schools Committee and regions to take this bargaining agenda into Multi Academy Trusts that cross branch and regional boundaries and private sector contractors operating in schools;
6)Use this campaign as an organising issue to further build our density within schools settings.