Early years staff fear they will lose out in the current regrading of pay and status for council employees - but, says Mary Evans , some may shine in the evaluation
Union leaders are pressing for a fair deal and full recognition of the professional skills and duties of nursery nurses in the job evaluation and regrading exercise being undertaken by councils across the country.
Local government is overhauling the raft of different pay and employment systems traditionally operated for blue-collar and white-collar workers. Under the Single Status Agreement, reached three years ago, each council is re-evaluating all its workers' jobs and putting them together on one pay spine. The idea is to iron out anomalies and reduce the burden of bureaucracy. The deadline for the completion of the re-evaluation exercise is April 2002.
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