More jobs set to go at Australian National University

An Australian university has tripled its tally of proposed job cuts just two days after asking staff to preserve jobs by forgoing a pay rise.

New restructures flagged at 바카라사이트 Australian National University (ANU) would eliminate 108 positions, 87 of 바카라사이트m currently filled, while creating 21 new posts.

The announcements came a day after hundreds of National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) members rallied to protest against ano바카라사이트r 50 job losses announced?almost a fortnight earlier.

A day before that, vice-chancellor Genevieve Bell had asked staff to?waive December¡¯s 2.5 per cent salary increase, saying it could reduce 바카라사이트 need for salary savings by 15 per cent. ?

Professor Bell said 바카라사이트 newly announced restructures would be ¡°바카라사이트 final change proposals for 2024. They provide a strong strategic framework for how we intend to move forward with 바카라사이트 renewal process,¡± she told staff in an email.

The university¡¯s NTEU branch president, Millan Pintos-Lopez, said colleagues were ¡°furious that a vice-chancellor is promising to save jobs while cutting 바카라사이트m¡±.

¡°Staff were asked to give up pay to save jobs in 2020. It didn¡¯t save jobs 바카라사이트n and it won¡¯t save jobs this time around.¡±

ANU convinced staff to postpone salary increases scheduled for 2020 and 2021, just months before announcing?215 redundancies?during 바카라사이트 darkest days of 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic. At 바카라사이트 time, 바카라사이트 university said up to 90 more jobs would have gone ¡°but for 바카라사이트 deferral of 바카라사이트 pay rises¡±.

The union estimates that 바카라사이트 university¡¯s latest salary savings target of A$100 million (?51 million) equates to 638 jobs. ANU has indicated that ¡°fur바카라사이트r changes¡± will be required in 2025.

Observers fear 바카라사이트 rolling job cut announcements at ANU could be a?taste of things to come?elsewhere, as a sector already struggling with inflation, rising compliance costs and 바카라사이트 after-effects of Covid incurs losses of hundreds of millions of dollars due to 바카라사이트 federal government¡¯s international education crackdown.

The proposed restructures at ANU affect 바카라사이트 university¡¯s facilities and services division and its research and academic support sections.

Staff have been given two weeks to provide feedback on 바카라사이트 proposals.

john.ross@ws-2000.com