PEO urges action on pay rise for escorts of children with disabilities
PEO said an agreed salary-scale upgrade for escorts of children with disabilities has remained pending for five months.
Nicosia, Cyprus. Trade union PEO on Monday raised concern over the non-implementation of an agreement in principle with the Education Ministry to upgrade the salaries of escorts for children with disabilities.
Under the agreement, all escorts were due to move to the next salary scale in September, but the change has been pending for the past five months.
Pending agreement
PEO said the salary upgrade would be a first step towards recognising the “crucial role” played by escorts for children with disabilities.
It added that the Education and Finance Ministries had so far done very little to address the matter.
Other concerns
The union said other unresolved issues included reduced working hours, ten-month employment, delays in unemployment benefit payments, a lack of income during the summer months and insufficient training for escorts.
PEO called on the government to ensure that the pay rise is implemented at the start of the new school year and to begin dialogue on the remaining issues.
It said failure to do so would damage the government’s credibility and cause “great distress and labour unrest within the public schools”.
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