Rector’s Directive No. 15/2020 ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Title: The Concept of “Academic Staff” at Charles University To implement: Section 70 of the Higher Education Act Lead office: Rector’s Office / Human Resources Department / Bursar’s Office Date of effect: 1 May 2020 ****************************************************************************************** * The Concept of “Academic Staff” at Charles University ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Article 1 – Introductory Provision *========================================================================================= This Directive specifies the use of the concept of “academic staff” at Charles University University”). *========================================================================================= * Article 2 – Academic Staff *========================================================================================= 1.Under the Higher Education Act a member of academic staff is an employee of the Universi a.is employed (i.e., has an employment contract rather than an agreement to perform work to perform a job); and also b.has in the employment contract an agreed type of work (or job description based on the that involves both pedagogical and creative activities. 2.Job title, pay band, or size of full-time equivalent are not decisive in the assessment employee is a member of the academic staff for the purposes of the Higher Education Act. *========================================================================================= * Article 3 - Pedagogical and Creative Activities *========================================================================================= 1.Pedagogical activities mean, in addition to direct instruction (for example, lectures, s tutorials, practical classes, oral consultations), also other activities related to the activities of the University, for example supervising, consulting and reviewing final th activities involving students. 2.Creative activities is a legislative label for scientific, research, development, innova or other creative activities. In addition to publication or research activities in the n creative activities include for example work on course readers or teaching aids or creat related to the application of research findings. *========================================================================================= * Article 4 – Typical Situations *========================================================================================= Examples of typical situations which may arise, and the circumstance in which it is import employee is a member of the academic staff for the purposes of the Higher Education Act, f to this Directive. *========================================================================================= * Article 5 – Duties of Faculties and Other Units *========================================================================================= 1.In deciding whether an employee is a member of the academic staff for the purposes of th Education Act, the faculties and other units of the University (“the faculties”) comply Directive. 2.In new employment contracts, faculties explicitly state whether the employee is a member staff for the purposes of the Higher Education Act. If the existing employment contracts amended for other reasons, the previous sentence will apply with the necessary modificat 3.Faculties will review the existing lists of members of the academic staff and the data i resources system and will make sure that they comply with this Directive no later than a of the 2020/21 academic year. *========================================================================================= * Article 6 – Final Provision *========================================================================================= This Directive becomes effective on 1 May 2020. In Prague on 14 April 2020 Prof. MUDr. Tomáš Zima, DrSc., MBA Rector ****************************************************************************************** * ***** APPENDIX NO. 1 ***** ****************************************************************************************** *========================================================================================= * Appendix No. 1 to the Rector’s Directive No. 15/2020 (The Concept of “Academic Staff” at University) *========================================================================================= ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Typical Situations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ • If someone’s employment relationship is based on an agreement to perform work or an agre a job, he is not a member of the academic staff. • If according to the agreed type of work in the employment contract someone performs only activities, or only creative activities, he is not a member of the academic staff. • If an employee is employed based on an employment contract where the agreed type of work creative activities and at the same time entered into an agreement to perform work for p activities, he is not a member of the academic staff. • If an employee has several employment relationships (i.e., employment contracts) at Char he may be a member of the academic community of all these faculties, one or several of t them. He is a member of the academic community only of that faculty (those faculties) wh to the agreed type of work he carries out both pedagogical and creative activities. Equa an employment contract as a member of academic staff at one faculty and an agreement to or an agreement to perform a job at another faculty, he is a member of the academic comm the faculty where he has an employment contract. For example, if at one faculty he is a at another faculty he is a member of the academic staff (at this faculty he carries out activities as well as creative activities), then he is a member of the academic communit latter faculty. *========================================================================================= * Situations where the assignment to academic staff is important *========================================================================================= Membership in the academic community Only members of the academic staff are members of the academic community (s. 3 of the High Act). Other employees (carrying out only scholarly activities or only pedagogical activiti administrative employees, technical and office staff, and workers based on an agreement to an agreement to perform a job, etc.) are not members of the academic community. Academic senate election Only members of the academic staff have the right to vote and to be elected and to propose the academic senate of the University (s. 8 (1) of the Higher Education Act) and faculty ( Higher Education Act). Leave Members of the academic staff are entitled to 8 weeks of leave under the law (s. 213 of th Researchers and other employees are not entitled thereto. Working hours schedule Members of the academic staff have the possibility to (partially) schedule their working h (s. 70a of the Higher Education Act). Other employees do not have such possibility – the e their working hours for them. Competitive hiring procedures The positions of members of the academic staff are filled based on a competitive hiring pr 77 of the Higher Education Act). For other employees, a competitive hiring procedure is us person launching it (dean of the faculty, director or Rector in case of another unit) deci Competitive hiring procedures are regulated by the Competitive Hiring Process Code of Char Sabbatical leave Members of the academic staff are entitled to a sabbatical leave of 6 months under the law Higher Education Act), other employees are not entitled thereto. ________________________________________ 1 Section 70 of the Higher Education Act. 2 Section 2 (4) of the Higher Education Act. Section 70 of the Higher Education Act. Section 2 (4) of the Higher Education Act.