Casualisation agreements between university and trade unions, and implementation
Dear Imperial College London,
I am writing to request, under the Freedom of Information act, information about casualisation.
Please could you provide the following:
(1) A copy of any agreements between the university and trade unions concerning casualisation, i.e. the use of fixed-term contracts, zero-hours contracts or similar contracts.
(2) The dates any such agreements were reached.
(3) Annual statistics regarding the number of staff employed on fixed-term contracts, dating from before any agreements mentioned in (1) to the present day. If no such agreements exist, then please provide annual statistics for the last five years.
(4) Annual statistics as in (3) regarding the number of staff employed on zero-hours contracts (if possible separated into postgraduate students who are also employed by the university, and other staff employed on zero-hours contracts).
(5) Minutes of meetings between the university and trade unions at which progress of implementation of the agreements mentioned in (1) were discussed.
Yours faithfully,
Francis Higgs
Dear Francis Higgs,
This is to acknowledge receipt of your request, made under the Freedom of Information Act. The College will respond to your request by 12 April.
Yours,
Freedom of Information Team
Imperial College London
Dear Francis Higgs,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information Act request.
Imperial College has not made any agreements with trade unions concerning casualisation.
Information about the number of staff on fixed term contracts can be found in the College's published ED&I staff profile: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/equality/gove...
Regarding the fourth part of your query, please refer to the College's FOI disclosure log (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/admin-service...) under the heading 'Staff on variable hours and zero hours contracts, 2019 - 2023'. Please note that our Human Resources database does not capture whether an employee has a PhD or where qualifications were obtained.
Yours,
Freedom of Information Team
Imperial College London
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