Summary of Results of Job Security Reviews for 2002-2003
(follow links below to full and detailed data as well as charts)
 

Academic staff reviewed for increased job security

Academic staff having five or more years of service and holding fixed-term renewable, rolling-horizon, or multiple-year appointments were reviewed for the increased job security of new or longer-term rolling-horizon or multiple-year appointments or new indefinite appointments. Of 6,741 total academic staff, 2,071 (31%) were reviewed for increased job security between October 2002 and July 2003.

Of the 2,071 academic staff  who were reviewed:

Not reviewed were academic staff already holding indefinite appointments and academic staff with fewer than five years of service (even if they already held rolling-horizon or multiple-year appointments).

Job security status: all academic staff

Of 6,741 total academic staff:                                                 

4,654 (69%) had fixed-term renewable appointments.

Of these, 3,901 had fewer than five years of service, and 754 had five or more years of service.

1,527 (23%) had increased job security in the form of rolling-horizon, multiple-year, or indefinite appointments.

Of these, 1,317 had rolling-horizon or multiple-year appointments, and 210 had indefinite appointments.
559 (8%) had fixed-term terminal appointments.

The academic staff is 52% female. Women comprise 49% of academic staff with rolling-horizon, multiple-year, or indefinite appointments.

Job security status: academic staff with five or more years of service

Of 2,281 academic staff with five or more years of service:

            1,317 (58 %) had the increased job security of rolling-horizon or multiple-year appointments.

            754 (33%) had fixed-term renewable appointments.

            210 (9%) had the increased job security of indefinite appointments.

For 2001-2002, the corresponding percentages were 59%, 31%, and 10%; for that reporting period, academic staff with seven or more years of service were reviewed.

Data Links

Full Data Set - click on the tabs at the bottom of the page to see more (similar to an Excel workbook)

Yearly Comparison - general summary of data 1999 to 2002-3

Comparisons by School, College, or Divison