Salaries Motions

Created on: 22 May 2025 | Last modified: 07 Jun 2025


Motions

Resolutions

25. Council

That this AGM calls on Council to commission independent research into Family Leave, as defined in Part 2 Section 7 of the SNCT Handbook, to inform EIS Representatives of the Teachers’ Panel in potential future negotiations to amend the SNCT Handbook provisions on Family Leave.

Carried

26. Edinburgh Local Association

That this AGM:

  1. Notes current EIS policy to campaign for general improvements to Maternity, Paternity and Family Leave provisions within the SNCT handbook;
  2. Resolves to instruct Salaries Committee to investigate and report on other such provisions across the public and private sectors, with a view to recommending specific improvements to the SNCT provisions for which to campaign;
  3. Resolves to devise and initiate a campaign for those specific improvements as soon as possible after the report is produced.

Carried

27. Glasgow Local Association

That this AGM campaign to alter maternity pay from 13 weeks full pay followed by 26 weeks statutory maternity pay to 6 weeks full pay followed by 33 weeks half pay + statutory maternity in order to alleviate financial hardship.

Remitted

28. Edinburgh Local Association

That this AGM resolves that the EIS develop a resource to inform members of their rights to permanency. This AGM further resolves to provide advice and support to local associations where members are experiencing difficulties in exercising these rights. 

Carried

29. Council

That this AGM calls on Council to reaffirm its commitment to campaign for a review of the State Pension Age/Normal Pension Age link established by the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 and to seek to work with other UK teacher trade unions to lobby the UK Treasury to achieve this goal.

Amendment EIS FELA

Add ‘and lecturer’ following ‘UK teacher’.

Carried

30. Aberdeen Local Association

That this AGM instruct Council to investigate and report on the application of SNCT class size maxima for special schools and units, including how needs are defined, how class sizes are decided where multiple Additional Support Needs criteria apply and the level of staffing.

Carried

31. Glasgow Local Association

That this AGM instructs Salaries Committee to negotiate:

  • Maximum class sizes of 6, in all Additional Support for Learning/Special Schools and Units.
  • With a maximum adult:pupil ratio of 1:2 in schools and units where teachers are supported by support staff to meet the complex and challenging needs of the pupils.

Carried

32. Dundee Local Association

That this AGM instructs Council to negotiate to include ‘work related stress’ as an explicit part of the SNCT agreement in Part 2 Section 6 subsection 6.20.

Carried

33. Glasgow Local Association

That this AGM instructs Council to investigate and report on the annual leave entitlements of Educational Psychologists, Senior Educational Psychologists, Depute Principal Educational Psychologists and Principal Educational Psychologists and Education Support Officers, Quality Improvement Officers and Quality Improvement Managers across all local authorities.

Carried

34. Aberdeen Local Association

That this AGM instructs Council to seek an SNCT agreement on action to be taken by employers in the case of an Amber or Red weather warning being issued by the Met office.

Carried

35. Midlothian Local Association

That this AGM instructs Council to investigate and report on the special leave allowance across local Authorities to attend funerals. This investigation to include, but not be limited to:

  • Number of days or occasions permitted,
  • Scope of the allowance.

Carried