For better working conditions at the University of Kassel

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Termination

Instead of permanent insecurity:

Fixed-term contracts and thus permanent insecurity characterize the everyday working lives of most employees in the scientific but also in the technical-administrative sector: the constant worry about career prospects produces anxiety, stress, unpaid overtime and competition. In short: it makes you ill...

Fair grouping

According to the activity:

Over the last 15 years, work at universities has changed significantly for many employees. New areas of work have emerged for university employees, other areas have taken a back seat and areas of responsibility have been redistributed. Knowledge transfer and independent teamwork have become a matter of course for academic and administrative/technical staff and form the cornerstone of good science and teaching. Digitalization, internationalization and the acquisition of third-party funding are leading to constantly increasing demands with new areas of work and responsibilities...

Relief

A way out of the overload:

The workload at the University of Kassel is too high in many areas.
This is shown again and again in surveys or conversations with colleagues.
A lack of systematic personnel development and personnel planning concepts, outdated job descriptions, real or alleged cost pressure due to the strong dependence on third-party funding, fixed-term contracts and the permanent reference to cost-cutting constraints lead to job cuts and non-reappointment - and thus to a burden on the remaining employees...

Integration

No exceptions to the collective agreement:

There are numerous colleagues at our university who do essential work for the functioning of the university, but who are not employed by the university and are therefore often not covered by collective bargaining agreements. These include colleagues from the building cleaning service, the security and locking service and student assistants...