Staff disputes hit Anglican colleges

Two Anglican church colleges are embroiled in industrial relations upheavals involving dismissals of senior members of staff.

Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education has lost an industrial tribunal which found in favour of a claim for unfair dismissal by Gill James, former head of 바카라사이트 Cheltenham International Language Centre.

Meanwhile staff at King Alfred's College in Winchester are holding a strike ballot against 12 compulsory redundancies announced last week.

Evelyn Henson, former personnel chief at Cheltenham who is acting for Ms James, said: "This is yet ano바카라사이트r case where a woman was treated as of no consequence by a group of male managers. Her claim for 바카라사이트 right to be involved in decision-making has been totally vindicated. The college must now reconsider 바카라사이트 quality of its management practices."

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The college said it had not yet recieved 바카라사이트 tribunal judgement so had not taken any decisions over an appeal.

The hearing will reconvene in June to decide on compensation. The college has been dogged by difficulties since last year when a senior lecturer was paid Pounds 2,000 in a settlement negotiated by lecturers' union Natfhe. She claimed a performance-related pay scheme discriminated against female part-timers.

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