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Three-quarters of school support staff work in excess of contracted hours, survey finds
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NEARLY three-quarters (72 per cent) of support staff workers reported working in excess of their contracted hours, in new research published today.
The NEU poll, which surveyed 3,000 support staff members, found that only one in seven were paid for the extra hours.
Some 75 per cent said their workload had increased in the past year.
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