Members of the National Academic Staff Association (NASA) at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) have raised concerns over their leave dates.
Due to the current arrangement of the revised calendar, staff will only be given four weeks’ annual leave instead of six weeks.
The second semester of 2016 will commence on November 7 and break for the festive period on December 19.
This is when the staff will take their leave and return to classes on January 16, 2017, to continue semester two after the four-week leave.
NASA president Emmanuel Gorea said this is in breach of their contracts.
After meeting with the vice chancellor Professor Albert Mellam on Wednesday, Sept 28, Gorea said they will continue to find a meaningful solution to the issue.
Gorea said they’ll be working with the university management to settle the extra two weeks of teaching.
(UPNG students getting registered early this month.)