Part-time lecturers, who conduct weekly lectures based on a fixed timetable and receive renumeration on an hourly basis, have been receiving substandard treatment from universities in Korea.
MK News reported that as universities phase out the system, existing part-time lecturers will be converted to full-time university staff, thus securing their job positions and improving their working conditions. In addition, their contract period will be extended from one semester to one full year.
Presently, 94.7% of all part-time lecturers have contracts of 6 months or less, and the hourly rate of part time lecturers in national universities is expected to increase from 42,500 Won to 60,000 Won in 2011, and then to 80,000 Won in 2013. The adjustment aims to raise the earnings of the part-time lecturers to 50% of their full-time counterparts.
According to Yonhap News, efforts are being made in the national, public, and private universities to ensure that the recruitment process and employment benefits for the lecturers will be in accordance with that of their full-time staff. However, as there are no measures in place to compel private universities to increase the wages of part-time lecturers, some have questioned the effectiveness of this move. Private universities currently employ 80% of all part-time lecturers.
Translated by Kaye Lam
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