Professional Fixed-Term Conversion

13 Eligibility for Professional Employee Fixed-Term Conversion 

13.1 This provision only applies to Professional eEmployees. 

13.2 Subject to clause 13.3 where a Professional employee has completed two (2)2 or more contracts in the same or substantially similar position within the same Faculty (or equivalent Organisational Unit) over a period of four (4)4 or more years they will be eligible to apply for conversion to Continuing Employment. 

13.3 Upon application, an Professional employee Employee will be converted provided that they: 

a. are undertaking work of a continuing nature; 

b. were appointed through a merit-based selection process for at least one of the Fixed-term appointments; and 

c. are meeting and maintaining University work performance expectations and have demonstrated the capacity to meet the performance expectations required in a Continuing role. 

13.4 A Fixed-term employee Employee must not have their employment terminated or not renewed, nor have their hours reduced in order to avoid any obligation under this clause. 

13.5 A refusal to appoint an employee to a Continuing appointment pursuant to this clause cannot be the subject of an employee grievance for the purpose of clause 67 (Grievances) of this Agreement.