O/T. The Government's handling of Covid

[Geoff Parkstone]

My wish for the day. That people who haven't worked as a teacher, actually bother to find out the facts about how much work a teacher does in the course of a year.

A teacher gets a salary. A fixed amount. If they take a day off in term time they get stopped (or used to at any rate) 1/260th of their salary. (5 days a week, 52 weeks a year). If they really got 16 weeks paid holiday a year and only worked 36, then a day off would cost them 1/180th of their salary (5 x 36)....

Fatally flawed argument. If they get 16 weeks paid holiday then they would still be docked 1/260th because everyone else with 4 or 5 weeks paid holiday has 1/260th deducted for unpaid days off. A paid holiday day is just the same as working day for this purpose.

My wish for the day. People who haven't been school governors responsible for finance don't presume to know it all 😂😂

But at least rA didn't take the bait

[MadAmster]

Fatally flawed argument. If they get 16 weeks paid holiday then they would still be docked 1/260th because everyone else with 4 or 5 weeks paid holiday has 1/260th deducted for unpaid days off. A paid holiday day is just the same as working day for this purpose.

My wish for the day. People who haven't been school governors responsible for finance don't presume to know it all 😂😂

But at least rA didn't take the bait

But they don't get 16 weeks paid holiday! That's the point. They get a salary. Unpaid leave isn't based on a 48/52 week year. It's based on however many weeks the school is open which is what, 56 based on your thoughts, closer to 40 weeks in reality.

With regard to your last point..... stop feckin baiting.