EIS secures increase in compensation


The Scottish teachers’ union, EIS, has won compensation totalling over £290,000 for teachers and lecturers over the past year, a £110,000 increase on the year before. 


EIS general secretary Larry Flanagan said: “At a time when employers are expressing concern at the costs of sickness absence it is ironic that failure to provide lecturers and teachers a safe place of work has led to significant legal challenge.”


He added that, while some of the most serious cases involve assaults on teaching staff, the most frequent cause of injury continues to be slips and trips. 


He said that these kinds of incidents are avoidable if employers implement basic, inexpensive safety requirements with effective risk assessment and correct adherence to simple health and safety procedures.

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