In Moscow, a teacher is suing a school over a salary reduction

On January 29, the Timiryazevsky District Court of Moscow began considering the claim of physical education teacher Ivan Olishevets against the Beskudnikovo school, demanding that the full-time salary stipulated in the employment contract be returned and the salary he had not received be paid, the Izvestia newspaper found out. According to him, the conflict with the leadership began after his return from maternity leave.

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"I have nothing to lose anymore. I get a salary below the baseboard. Other teachers have salaries of 150 and 200 thousand rubles each, but I get 55 thousand," Olishevets said.

According to him, after coming out of maternity leave, his workload, at the initiative of the school management, has consistently decreased to 17 hours per week, which is less than stipulated in the employment contract.

The school claims that the teacher's workload has decreased due to a decrease in the number of students.

"With a load of 17 hours and taking into account the stimulating part, the teacher earns about 64 thousand rubles per month. The employee refuses to make substitutions, conduct additional education classes, classroom guidance and other types of paid work that would allow them to earn more," the director Stanislav Ganbatyn said in a statement.

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