Employment Relations Motions

Created on: 22 May 2025 | Last modified: 02 Jun 2025

Motions

Resolutions

36. Council

That this AGM calls on Council to provide LA Secretaries with guidance in relation to personal injury claims on behalf of EIS members.

Amendment to EIS FELA

Add ‘and FELA Branch Secretaries’ following ‘LA Secretaries’.

 

37. Council

That this AGM calls on Council to promote the proactive use of risk assessments at school level, including providing training, as part of ongoing Health and Safety campaigning.

Amendment EIS FELA

Add ‘and college’ following ‘at school’.

 

38. North Lanarkshire Local Association

That this AGM instructs EIS Council to call on Local Authorities to provide the number of teacher referrals to Local Authority Employee Assistance Programmes, (EAP) in the last two years to receive support with 'work related' well-being or mental health concerns.

 

39. Glasgow Local Association

That this AGM instruct Council to survey SMT members on their working conditions.

This should include but not be limited to:

  • SMT ability to take regular breaks.
  • Absence levels of SMT members as a result of workplace stress.
 

40. Argyll and Bute Local Association

That this AGM instructs Council to lobby the Scottish Government and local authorities to ensure clear policies and safeguards are established that prevent probationer teachers from being used to fill permanent staffing vacancies during their probationary year.

 

41. Fife Local Association

That this AGM instructs Council to carry out research into the feasibility of High Schools implementing one day a week working and studying from home for both senior pupils and teachers.