Fantastic rules at Uni:
1. We have a new building, as our old department is basically a basement. Last week we were sent an email telling us it was nearly finished, but "Due to regulations you are not allowed to use it until another part of the university has been demolished."

2. Lots of lecturers are quitting at the moment. In some departments this isn't a big issue (one teacher of 30 leaves, still have 29.) Our department had 5 lecturers, now it has 3. Hiring a new lecturer would be useful, right? Wrong. "Due to regulations we're not permitted to hire a new member of staff to fill a position until it has been empty for two years."

Someone please explain the sense behind this to me? :-)
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 17:06, 3 replies)

It sounds like point 2 is to do with a law which only applies if the person or persons were made redundant
My wife was made redundant from her job as a receptionist in a dental centre. By law, they were not allowed to hire a new member of staff into the company with the job as a receptionist unless they offered her that post back first.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 17:24, closed)

See, that would make sense
But we checked this rule out (in a kind of, "They can't be serious!" light,) and it specifies that it still applies if the person quit, died, resigned etc. But if someone's fired then they can hire right away. Someone suggested it's something to do with "respecting their academic skills" or something, but surely there's more respect in sustaining the field than having a gap?
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 17:32, closed)

Sounds like a cost-saving-by-extended-interregnum exercise.
( Yell Whoop continued to be a nin-com-poop on, Thu 10 Jun 2010, 21:59, closed)