No move for directly-emplolyed secretaries
by Niall Shanahan
 
School secretaries and caretakers employed in Education and Training Board (ETB) schools are considered to be within the scope of the temporary reassignment scheme as they are employed under public service terms and conditions.
School secretaries and caretakers employed in Education and Training Board (ETB) schools are considered to be within the scope of the temporary reassignment scheme as they are employed under public service terms and conditions.

School secretaries and caretakers employed directly by their school boards of management are not subject to the Government’s programme of temporary reassignment of public service staff during the Covid-19 crisis.

 

Fórsa’s head of education Andy Pike explained: “Those school secretaries and caretakers employed in independent schools are not subject to temporary reassignment under the terms of this programme because they are not public servants.”

 

Andy said school secretaries and caretakers employed in Education and Training Board (ETB) schools are considered to be within the scope of the temporary reassignment scheme as they are employed under public service terms and conditions.

 

“Those in ETB schools fall within the scope of the scheme and may be temporarily reassigned while the current crisis is ongoing. The scheme allows the temporary transfer of civil and public servants to critical roles for up to three months, with a possible extension if required. Right now, the most urgent need for temporary assignments is in the HSE and social welfare,” he said.

 

Temporary reassignments of higher education and ETB staff got underway yesterday (1st April). The Department of Education and Skills (DES) has asked employers in the sector to identify workers who can be reassigned to critical work areas on a temporary basis.

 

In a circular published yesterday, the DES asks employers to identify staff who are carrying out work that’s not essential at this time, so that they can be released for critical duties elsewhere.

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