I ran into the same problem using this plugin.... here's how I solved it (line in bold)
Code:
store: new Ext.data.JsonStore({
url: 'ds.jobs.staff.php', totalProperty: 'total', root: 'data',
id: 'jobstaffid', fields: [
{name: 'jobid'},
{name: 'jobstaffid'},
{name: 'firstname'},
{name: 'lastname'},
{name: 'phone'},
{name: 'recording_rate', type: 'int'},
{name: 'recording', type: 'int'},
{name: 'office_rate', type: 'int'},
{name: 'office', type: 'int'},
{name: 'travel_rate', type: 'int'},
{name: 'travel', type: 'int'}
],
sortInfo: this.sortInfo,
remoteSort: true, baseParams: {jobid: this.jobid},
groupField: 'jobid',
getGroupState: Ext.emptyFn
}),
Hope this helps...