A fixed-term researcher who belongs to RIKEN said that it is unreasonable that the contract will be terminated this year due to the clause added to the work regulations after affiliation that "I will not make a fixed-term employment contract for more than 10 years". We have filed a lawsuit seeking continued employment.
The proceeding was filed by a 62-year-old team leader researcher who belongs to the National Research and Development Agency RIKEN under a fixed-term contract.
According to the complaint, this researcher has been a fixed-term researcher at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research since 2011, and has renewed the contract every year. By adding the clause that "the contract will not be concluded", it is unreasonable that the contract will be terminated this year, and in order to continue employment, the Saitama region has filed a lawsuit requesting confirmation of the status as a researcher from next year onward. I woke up to the court.
Researchers hold a press conference anonymously, and changes in work rules are made to those who wish to hire fixed-term researchers for more than 10 years due to the enforcement of the revised Labor Contract Law in 2013. Pointed out that the research institute had done so to avoid having to change to employment such as a fixed-term fixed-term system called "indefinite conversion".
He criticizes it as irrational, contrary to the original purpose of the law, which seeks to stabilize the employment of workers.
The team of researchers says that public research funding will be spent from this year to the next year, and that research cannot continue if employment is cut off this year.
The researcher said, "I have appealed for continued employment, but the situation has not changed and I have to file a proceeding. There are many similar researchers, so I would like to clarify the illegality."
Regarding this, RIKEN says, "I have not received the complaint, so I will refrain from commenting. I would like to respond in good faith as soon as I see the complaint."