Precarious employment is a key driver of gender and other inequalities among those working in the third level sector, a new report has found
The Second National Review of Gender Equality in Irish Higher Education has found that since an initial study of the issue was carried out in 2016, the impact of precarious employment on career development has emerged as one of two key issues that now need to be addressed as a matter of priority.
It says a wide range of higher education staff, including postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers, lecturers, and professional, support and administrative workers are being affected by"the inappropriate use of fixed-term, insecure contracts to fulfil core HE functions". While workers are legally entitled to long-term employment after a few years of fixed-term contracts, the report also says higher education institutions are using"carefully worded contracts to avoid CID entitlements and contest them in the courts".
By intersectional, it means looking not just at gender equality, but at the experience of a wide variety of groups, including racial minorities.
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