Under new terms and conditions to come into effect from 1 September, more than 100 nursery nurses in schools qualified to NVQ level 3 and above have had their jobs re-evaluated by the council and given a new job description of Early Years Assistant (News, 28 May).
There is no grading structure within this to recognise qualifications above level 3, nor years of experience.
The council has undertaken a consultation, but there appears to be some uncertainty about whether the correct consultation procedures with management, unions and nursery nurses have been followed.
Unison questions consultation
Unison, the union which represents the majority of the nursery nurses, is questioning the consultation's validity.
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