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Legal challenge to third-level posts policy may emerge

The Government’s recruitment squeeze of academic staff at third level is likely to face a legal challenge from the group which represents university lecturers.

The seven university presidents have also been considering a court challenge against the new Employment Control Framework which some maintain runs counter to the 1997 Universities Act, guaranteeing their independence.

While university presidents are cautious about a legal challenge, IFUT General Secretary, Mike Jennings, said the new stipulation which allows colleges to engage academic staff largely on fixed-term contracts is a clear breach of European employment law.

The article published in The Irish Times of 7 September 2009 is available here and here.

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One Response to “Legal challenge to third-level posts policy may emerge”

  1. Irish Federation of University Teachers » Blog Archive » IFUT releases policy document on Government’s employment policy for Higher Education Says:
    October 1st, 2009 at 16:43

    [...] There has been detailed media comment on the IFUT document. An article published in Industrial Relations News, Volume 32, 9 September 2009, is available here and an article in The Irish Times of 7 September 2009 is available here and here. See the separate News item on this isuue here. [...]