SNA contract issues
Notice periods
by Seán Carabini
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In some rare circumstances, a child with an SNA assignment may withdraw from a school. This may unfortunately lead to the loss of the SNA’s job. What notice is an SNA entitled to before the job ends in this manner?
Section 4.1 of the SNA contract states that SNA notice periods should be in line with the appropriate period of notice set out in the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973-1991.
This legislation is very clear. It states:
- If the employee has been in the continuous service of his employer for less than two years, one week
- If the employee has been in the continuous service of his employer for two years or more, but less than five years, two weeks
- If the employee has been in the continuous service of his employer for five years or more, but less than ten years, four weeks
- If the employee has been in the continuous service of his employer for ten years or more, but less than fifteen years, six weeks
- If the employee has been in the continuous service of his employer for fifteen years or more, eight weeks
The SNA should continue to be paid as normal during the notice period.
SNA contract issues: archive
Since April we've been publishing a special segment focussing on contract issues facing SNAs. Devised and written by assistant general secretary Seán Carabini, It has proved to be one of the most popular items in the Education news bulletin.
We've archived all of these items for ease of access, and will publish an updated archive in each future edition of the bulletin.
If you have SNA contract issues you'd like to see covered in the bulletin, please contact info@forsa.ie. Please include 'SNA contract issues for the news bulletin' in the subject heading.
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