post-doctoral scholarships will be replaced by employment contracts – publico

                 

                         
                     

                         

                 

 
 

The Council of Ministers has approved on Thursday the replacement of post-doctoral grants for employment contracts. This replacement will be gradual

This measure already included both the PS election program as the government program. – Documents on which it argued that the post-doctoral scholarships should have short durations and over six years, to be replaced by employment contracts for doctoral researchers, in order to fight to labor precariousness and increase scientific employment. Replacement bags for employment contracts implies, for example, be entitled to vacation and Christmas bonus, as well as unemployment benefits, which does not exist when you have a research grant.

After this approval will now be made consultations on the measure to the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities (CRUP) and, among others, the fellows associations

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