The Higher Education Union exploded that the president of China University of Arts and Sciences enjoys an annual salary of 4 million, but has tied the year-end bonuses of thousands of faculty members to performance appraisals – Life – Liberty Times e-newsletter

First published: 10:25
Update time: 14:27 (Added Wenda response)

[Reporter Lin Xiaoyun/Report from Taipei]Before Labor Day on May 1st, the higher education union broke out today. Wang Ziqi, the president of a private cultural university with an annual salary of 4 million yuan, attempted to illegally and unilaterally change the salaries of thousands of faculty and staff, which had been the same salary for decades. Partial and fixed 1.5-month year-end bonuses were tied to performance appraisals, completely ignoring the objections of more than 90% of faculty and staff. The principal enjoys an annual salary of 4 million, but bullies grassroots faculty. He has reported to the Ministry of Education that the Board of Directors of the University of Liberal Arts has illegally interfered in school affairs and requested the Ministry of Education to immediately Investigate and make corrections.

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Tang Shuzhen, Director of the Public Affairs Office of the Chinese University of Chinese Language and Literature, responded that the University of Chinese Language and Literature currently takes the improvement of teaching quality and the improvement of students’ employment competitiveness as its primary goal, and promotes various types of improvement plans in compliance with the law. Other than that, there is no response yet.

Chen Baiqian, a researcher at the Higher Education Union, said that the Board of Directors of the University of Liberal Arts gave the president “a high salary at the executive dean level”, which was generous and generous with a stroke of a pen, but insisted on unilaterally changing the salary of the teaching staff. The strong comparison is really hard to accept. Moreover, the decision of the Board of Directors of the University of Liberal Arts is illegal. The standard or amount of bonuses is obviously a matter of general administration of the school and cannot be interfered by by the board of directors, regardless of the “Private School Law”, the “Contribution Charter of Chinese Culture University” or the position of the Ministry of Education over the years.

Chen Baiqian pointed out that this matter involves major changes in labor conditions for thousands of Wenhua University faculty members. The union, representing Wenhua University faculty members, will formally request consultations with the school in accordance with the law. Without full discussion by grassroots faculty within the school through democratic procedures and mechanisms, and without consultation with the union, Any unilateral changes to the “year-end work bonus” of faculty members by the University of Liberal Arts are suspected of being illegal, and the union will definitely pursue them to the end.

Chen Baiqian said that Chen Tairan, the current chairman of the Board of Directors of Liwen University, entered the board of directors after being recommended by the Ministry of Education and ruled by the court in 2021. The Ministry of Education has the responsibility and obligation to strictly supervise.

Chen Baiqian explained that for a long time, the year-end bonus for Wenfa faculty members has been the “salary” item stated in the faculty handbook. From this, it can be seen that the “year-end work bonus” has always been part of the salary, and the conditions for payment are only related to whether the faculty member is on the job. Changes to the year-end bonus Bonuses should be a major change in the working conditions (salary) of faculty members, and should be based on the “consensus between the employer and the employee.”

Chen Baiqian said that if the school has unavoidable needs and considerations in operation, based on the mentality of caring for the school, most faculty and staff agree: as long as they are jointly decided by a fair, reasonable and democratic mechanism, they are willing to do their best to tide over the difficulties with the school. 90% The above-mentioned teachers are willing to cooperate with the school’s enrollment activities, and more than 60% of the staff are willing to cooperate with the principal and first-level supervisors to jointly reduce the “year-end bonus”.