Members of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers have reported an emerging trend of attempts to gag staff and have instructed their union to investigate further.
A motion at the ATL’s annual conference in Liverpool over Easter heard that the move to performance-related pay and the erosion of the national pay scale meant that increasingly school leaders are keen to keep disparities in salary levels secret.
The motion stated: “Conference is concerned that there may be an increase in confidentiality clauses associated with performance-related pay which may hide indirect discrimination.”
Passed by delegates, the motion instructed the ATL to commission research into the issue and to “act upon any evidence to ensure these fears are not realised”.
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