Unlimited Term Contracts at Universities and Colleges
Q: Unlimited term contract (UTC)? What’s that? It’s an employment contract without an arbitrary end date and is a new right that came along with an amendment to the Labour Contract Law in 2013.
GENERAL UNION
Did you know that as of 2018, those having worked continuously for five years at the same university are eligible for an unlimited term contract?
Q: Unlimited term contract (UTC)? What’s that?
It’s an employment contract without an arbitrary end date and is a new right that came along with an amendment to the Labour Contract Law in 2013.
Many of us currently work on one-year contracts which require a renewal year to year, but a UTC requires no renewal. This means that if an employer wants to get rid of you, basically they would have to fire you; not just wait out the year and then refuse to give you another contract.
Does this mean you have a job for life with the exact number of koma on the same exact day and time? No, but it does mean that if all remains the same (student numbers, curriculum, etc.) you can keep working and we would argue, should be able to retain your koma (the latter part has still to be tested out in court).