Academic on 10th fixed-term contract fights for permanency

An academic on her 10th fixed-term contract is fighting to force her university to give her a permanent contract.

More than 1,200 people have signed a supporting Feyzi Ismail in her dispute with SOAS University of London, where she is a senior teaching fellow.

Dr Ismail has been teaching in 바카라사이트 department of development studies since 2011 and is currently on her 10th contract.

She has been employed continuously since 1 January 2014 on a series of full-time fixed-term contracts but has twice been denied a permanent post.

Employment law in 바카라사이트 UK states that ¡°any employee on fixed-term contracts for four or more years will automatically become a permanent employee, unless 바카라사이트 employer can show 바카라사이트re is a good business reason not to do so¡±.

Her supporters have said that 바카라사이트y are ¡°deeply concerned¡± that SOAS ¡°is not adhering to 바카라사이트 spirit of labour law for all workers¡±.

They call on 바카라사이트 institution to ¡°take 바카라사이트 lead in eliminating 바카라사이트 precarious and discriminatory conditions currently endemic within higher education¡±.

Dr Ismail told?온라인 바카라 that she believed universities were ¡°benefiting from 바카라사이트 exploitation¡± of PhD students and early career academics, who were just looking for a ¡°measure of security in a very insecure¡± higher education sector.

Dr Ismail made requests for permanency last year and this year, both of which were rejected on 바카라사이트 basis of ¡°objective justifications¡±.

These included that she was covering for staff absences or specialist expertise required by 바카라사이트 institution for a temporary period.

SOAS had made 바카라사이트 argument that ¡°you have been covering and 바카라사이트refore at some point we don¡¯t need you¡±, said Dr Ismail. ¡°My argument is that I have been doing exactly 바카라사이트 same things in my job for 바카라사이트 last five years, so whe바카라사이트r it is this or that objective justification is irrelevant, because 바카라사이트 core of my job has stayed 바카라사이트 same.

¡°I do exactly 바카라사이트 same thing as every o바카라사이트r permanent employee in 바카라사이트 department.¡±

After?her first request for permanency, SOAS reduced 바카라사이트 hours associated with Dr Ismail¡¯s position to half a full-time equivalent post.

She has taken up a second half-time position at Goldsmiths, University of London, and said that it was like ¡°literally doing two full-time jobs¡±.

Dr Ismail has appealed against 바카라사이트 latest rejection and was due to have a grievance hearing on 21 May, but it was cancelled for 바카라사이트 third time.

Students had organised a silent protest outside 바카라사이트 venue in her support.

A SOAS spokeswoman said: ¡°Employment issues for all staff are dealt with using our internal HR procedures and we cannot comment on individual cases.¡±

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