Why teachers August salaries will be delayed
Teachers to receive August salaries later than usual amid ongoing talks for a pay raise
Teachers to receive August salaries later than usual amid ongoing talks for a pay raise
Teachers will receive their August salaries later than usual, depending on the outcome of pay increase negotiations between their employer, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), and their unions.
In order to see if it will be able to achieve an agreement with the unions after initial meetings on Monday last week failed to generate a solution, the TSC has not released teachers’ pay slips.
According to report by the Daily Nation, Teachers’ payslips are yet to reflect on their employer’s portal, which is late by normal standards.
Teachers will receive an upgraded package retroactive to July 1, 2023, if the parties reach an agreement and sign a contract.
However, they will continue to get their old salaries if the unions refuse to sign.
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut), the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet), and the Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (Kusnet) refused to sign the TSC’s offer of a salary increase ranging from 2.4% to 9.5%, claiming that it was less than what the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) had recommended.
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The unions accused the TSC of deceit, saying, the offer was way below the seven to 10 per cent increase recommended by SRC for all civil servants, security forces and teachers.
The SRC had recommended a pay rise of between seven and 10 per cent for all civil servants and teachers.
The unions also want the lowest paid teachers to receive the highest increase, while those in higher grades receive the least, Kuppet and Knut secretaries-general Akello Misori and Collins Oyuu said.
Mr Oyuu said they were promised a wage increase of between seven and 10 per cent for their members when they met President William Ruto at State House when he was lobbying for support for the Finance Bill 2023, which he signed into law.
The unions insist that this is not part of the review of an extended Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that they have been pushing for.
While Kuppet wants a salary adjustment of between 30 and 70 per cent, Knut wants a 60 per cent increase across the board.
The unions signed a CBA with the TSC in 2021 that runs until 2025, but did not include a monetary aspect due to the economic situation at the time, which was blamed on the Covid-19 pandemic.
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