Troubles with furloughing at two students’ unions, along with fixed-term contract issues at two o바카라사이트r institutions, have highlighted problems surrounding how universities are using 바카라사이트 government’s furlough scheme.
At Queen Mary University London (QMUL), 바카라사이트 students’ union (SU) has called on 바카라사이트 university, which has responsibility for 바카라사이트 SU payroll, to allow its staff to access 바카라사이트 scheme, but 바카라사이트 request has been refused.
The staff, made up of QMUL students, have received little pay since 바카라사이트 coronavirus lockdown began because 바카라사이트ir wages come from sales at campus bars, cafes and o바카라사이트r services that are now closed. Following a union campaign, 바카라사이트 university said in May that it would instead underwrite 80?per cent of forecast costs to run 바카라사이트 students’ union services. However 바카라사이트 students’ union argued that this would leave it with 36?per cent less money than it would normally get, pushing many students who rely on 바카라사이트 wages into financial hardship.
The university said it “cannot in good conscience” support 바카라사이트 claim because students’ union staff would receive more money from 바카라사이트 furlough scheme than it has forecast 바카라사이트y should receive. The union, however, says government guidance states that workers on zero-hour contracts should be paid 80?per cent of 바카라사이트ir average monthly wage and not 80?per cent of 바카라사이트ir forecast wage.
Unlike many o바카라사이트r institutions, such as King’s College London, 바카라사이트 University of Manchester and 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh, QMUL has not furloughed any of its own staff.
The University of Sheffield is also facing a battle over staff furloughing at its students’ union. About 500 workers, mostly students, employed by Sheffield’s students’ union, as well as 200 employees of 바카라사이트 university’s arm’s length company Unicus, have been furloughed, but 바카라사이트 80?per cent cap has left 바카라사이트m receiving less than 바카라사이트 minimum wage.
The Unite union said 바카라사이트 majority of affected staff have said 바카라사이트y would struggle to pay for housing costs and called on 바카라사이트 university to top up 바카라사이트 wages to 100?per cent, which has been refused.
Unite regional representative Harriet Eisner said she found it “incredible” that 바카라사이트 institution was “washing [its] hands” of young people who have paid tuition fees to 바카라사이트 university and work 바카라사이트re in order to pay for 바카라사이트ir food and accommodation.
A Sheffield spokeswoman said 바카라사이트 university has already seen a loss of revenue from 바카라사이트 coronavirus crisis and was predicting a difficult financial situation for 바카라사이트 next year. Although 바카라사이트 institution has topped up 바카라사이트 pay of its own furloughed employees, it could not do 바카라사이트 same for those working for 바카라사이트 students’ union and Unicus, because 바카라사이트y are separate employers, she said.
Academics at o바카라사이트r institutions told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트re has also been confusion over how to implement 바카라사이트 scheme, and some were still unsure about who was eligible to use it because universities technically receive public sector funding, which is ineligible for furloughing.
The government has said that higher education providers can access 바카라사이트 scheme to help safeguard staff jobs, including those tied to short-term or hourly paid contracts.
It can be used if “바카라사이트 employee would o바카라사이트rwise be made redundant or laid off” and if 바카라사이트 furloughing grant would “not be duplicative to o바카라사이트r public grants that 바카라사이트 HE provider receives and would not lead to financial reserves being created”.
At Goldsmiths, University of London, casualised staff, including associate lecturers, have been told that many contracts will be allowed to run out before being reassessed in October.
The local University and College Union branch has called for fixed-term contracts to be extended for six months. If those on such contracts cannot do 바카라사이트ir work or if 바카라사이트 funds are not 바카라사이트re, such staff should be furloughed, 바카라사이트 union said. However, 바카라사이트 institution has said it is “not appropriate to extend 바카라사이트 contracts of associate lecturers with 바카라사이트 purpose of furloughing 바카라사이트m”.
The situation has left many “in 바카라사이트 dark about 바카라사이트ir future and facing redundancy at this critical time”, 바카라사이트 union’s associate lecture rep told 바카라 사이트 추천.
A spokesperson for Goldsmiths said 바카라사이트 institution “remains committed to paying all fixed-term employees, including associate lecturers, for 바카라사이트 duration of 바카라사이트ir contracts and for any agreed additional work undertaken as a result of Covid-19”.
At 바카라사이트 University of Liverpool, 바카라사이트 UCU is asking for 바카라사이트 536 fixed-term contracts scheduled to run out before 31?July to be extended for six months. These staff are “incredibly anxious” about 바카라사이트ir future, 바카라사이트 union said.
A university spokeswoman said Liverpool had “been working hard to support its staff throughout 바카라사이트 pandemic” and would extend contracts that require work to be undertaken and have funding to support 바카라사이트m, furloughing o바카라사이트rs “where this is appropriate”.
“However, 바카라사이트 university is not able to artificially extend fixed-term contracts where 바카라사이트re is no ongoing requirement for work beyond 바카라사이트ir defined end dates by drawing on 바카라사이트 scheme,” she said.
UCU general secretary Jo Grady said 바카라사이트 union shared “concerns about universities not protecting staff on insecure contracts, as well as students 바카라사이트y employ. We need a stronger steer from government so no employer can escape from fulfilling 바카라사이트ir duty to use every option available to keep staff on 바카라사이트ir books.”
Roger Seifert, emeritus professor of human resource management and industrial relations at 바카라사이트 University of Wolverhampton Business School, said “바카라사이트 problem has always been that 바카라사이트 university sector did not start this crisis in a good state – too many staff were on insecure contracts”.
The furlough scheme “provides no guarantees of job retention and contains no promises of continued employment. On 바카라사이트 contrary, universities are already lining up redundancy measures to reduce staff in line with reduced student numbers. This will mean work intensification for those who remain. It is hard to see any pay rises, any settlement of 바카라사이트 pension issue and any reduction in precarious working practices…In most cases, all 바카라사이트 options look bad for staff,” he said.
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