Teacher paid... 41 years later

“On the basis of this judgment, Mr R submitted a claim for payment of arrears of salary. Payment was never effected as the Ministry claimed then that his personnel file could not be located.” The Office of the Ombudsman drew the matter to the attention of the MOE Permanent Secretary (P.S.) on December 20, 2006. “By letter dated August 8, 2008, Mr R was informed by the Ministry that the judgments obtained by the other teachers were personal to them. The Ministry also stated that since his claim was made after the expiration of the statutory time limit in which such claims should be made, the department was under no obligation to compensate him.” However in 2010, the Ombudsman’s Office told the MOE that Mr R could not join his colleagues in the lawsuit due to a lack of finance.

Having reviewed the judgements in the lawsuit, the Office opined that Mr R, the only other similarly affected teacher, should receive equal treatment.