{"id":17049,"date":"2024-03-05T01:33:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T01:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17049"},"modified":"2024-03-05T01:33:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T01:33:22","slug":"temporary-hold-placed-on-salary-cuts-for-striking-teachers-judge-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/temporary-hold-placed-on-salary-cuts-for-striking-teachers-judge-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Temporary Hold Placed on Salary Cuts for Striking Teachers: Judge Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>by Samuel Gillis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge Sandil Kissoon issued an interim order on Thursday, temporarily halting the government&#8217;s decision to reduce the salaries of teachers on strike and cease the deduction of union dues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This development comes in response to an application filed by the Guyana Teachers&#8217; Union (GTU) seeking to prevent the Ministry of Education from implementing these measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GTU&#8217;s legal action sought to block the Ministry from deducting pay from teachers&#8217; salaries for the days they were on strike and to prevent the discontinuation of union dues deductions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General Anil Nandlall, representing the government, argued against the interim order, asserting that if employees choose to strike, employers have the right to withhold their pay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that this principle is consistent across the Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall further contended that the government is not legally obligated to deduct union dues and remit them to the teachers&#8217; union. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He underscored the government&#8217;s discretionary power to determine policies in the absence of specific legal mandates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case is scheduled for further hearings on March 20, providing both parties an opportunity to present their arguments before the court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Samuel Gillis Judge Sandil Kissoon issued an interim order on Thursday, temporarily halting the government&#8217;s decision to reduce the salaries of teachers on strike and cease the deduction of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17051,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17049\/revisions\/17051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}