A large proportion of academic staff have temporary contracts
Almost forty percent of academic staff at universities has a temporary contract. More than fifty percent of all female teachers are in temporary employment. “Minister Van Engelshoven is avoiding her responsibility”, says AObsector director Donald Pechler.
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The action group WOinA Actie, supported by AOb and FNV, cried late last year university employees to report structural overtime to the Labor Inspectorate. Within two weeks, the counter was at more than seven hundred reports. Almost half of the reporters have sleeping problems, are overtired or exhausted. And the fact that many of them do not have a permanent contract does not really contribute to the night's sleep.
Parliamentary questions
According to Minister Van Engelshoven (D66), however, the number of temporary appointments is not too bad replied they asked parliamentary questions that were asked by GroenLinks and the SP in response to the reports. According to the minister, only 18 percent of the staff at universities is in temporary employment.
The number of temporary appointments is sky-high among academic staff
Those numbers are flattering, however, he says AObdriver Donald Pechler. “The minister lumps the figures of the academic staff and the education support and management staff together. And the percentage is very low for support staff and administrators, but sky-high for academic staff. ”
Vrouwen
In 2018, the most recent year for which figures are available, nearly 32 percent of this academic staff (excluding PhD students) was in temporary employment. “Extra worrying”, says Pechler, “is that in all positions women are more likely to be on temporary contracts than their male colleagues. Almost 55 percent of female university lecturers have a temporary contract, of 'normal' lecturers even XNUMX percent. ”
Avoids
According to Pechler, the minister is avoiding her responsibility. “In her answers she refers to collective labor agreements about temporary appointments, but does not want to admit that she is also responsible for this situation. Because the flexible shell that universities maintain is only getting bigger due to additional cuts from the government. The minister must intervene here: you just need to add money. ”
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