WRC recommends 18 weeks’ pay for lecturer but rejects bid for permanent contract

The WRC recommended that a university pay a lecturer 18 weeks’ pay in enhanced redundancy terms, but found he did not qualify for a contract of indefinite duration. The recommendation was dated 23 November 2022. The lecturer worked for the university under a single six-year fixed-term contract. He argued that the Cush report allowed him to qualify after more than two years’ continuous service, while the university said successive contracts were required. The adjudication officer agreed that the report did not remove that requirement. The lecturer had already received statutory redundancy pay. The officer also recommended enhanced redundancy terms of three weeks’ pay per year of service, amounting to 18 weeks’ pay.