Labour Court rejects worker’s promotion appeal and urges university to clarify criteria

The Labour Court rejected a worker’s appeal over a university promotion competition and recommended that the university clarify its promotion criteria. The decision was signed on 16 November 2016. The worker, represented by IFUT, argued that he met the criteria for promotion to senior lecturer. The university said he met the quantitative threshold but not the qualitative requirements. The Court found he had not met the eligibility criteria and found no clear unfairness or manifest irrationality. His appeal failed, leaving the earlier recommendation against promotion in place. The Court also said the scheme’s wording was ambiguous and recommended that the university revisit it before future competitions.