NEU Northern Ireland advice and guidance

Teachers Pensions Update

Latest update from the Department of Education (DENI) on annual benefit statements.

Teacher’s Attendance and Sick Leave

The policy includes advice on the monitoring of teacher absence reported as sickness absence and does not apply to other authorised absences.

Teachers’ Pension Ill Health Retirement Guide

Useful information when you’re considering applying for Ill-health retirement with the NI Teachers’ Pension Scheme.

Supporting members with long covid - Northern Ireland

Latest advice for principals and managers who may have staff experiencing protracted ill health as a result of COVID-19 infection.

Thinking about retirement?

Up-to-date information on a variety of pensions schemes and financial planning for retirement.

Time budgets Spring /Summer 2021 Term

This advice note is an update for teacher members in Northern Ireland as we move towards the end of the 2020/2021 academic year.

Covid-19 risk assessments Northern Ireland

NEU continues to meet with DENI, the Education Authority, and the PHA and to raise a wide range of concerns for staff and pupils on substantive matters of health and safety.

SAGE advice

Seventy-fourth SAGE meeting on COVID-19, 22nd December 2020 Held via Video Teleconference

Coronavirus: Northern Ireland ventilation and temperature

Our advice on ventilation in Covid-19 schools and workplaces.

Guidance for schools and educational settings in Northern Ireland

Updated guidance in light of the current crisis in public. These replace the actions set out in the letter to schools of 31 December 2020.

Northern Ireland January guidance

NEU NI issue January guidance for NEU members in educational settings in Northern Ireland

Concerns about face to face meetings in schools

NEU position remains that the coming together of large groups of adults in schools, for example staff meetings, parent meetings, open days, should be suspended.

Teachers’ time budget arrangements

As negotiated by NEU along with colleague in the NITC, until individual time budgets are in place, no teacher should be directed to work more than 32.4 hours in a single week.

Northern Ireland Teachers' Pension Scheme (NITPS) - members' advice

Our advice today is that members hold off responding to the consultation until we are able to provide a more detailed response and guidance to members.