contratti integrativi
English translation: adjunct professor
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| 08:47 Feb 8, 2010 |
| Italian to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs / teaching contracts | |||||||
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| 4 | (in this context) adjunct professor/instructor |
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| 3 | employment contracts |
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| 3 | supplement to a national labour contract |
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employment contracts Explanation: He was engaged in (held) faculty/teaching positions under specific employment contracts with the various faculty departments of the concerned universities/ Background (based on my understanding/reading of relevant material): Generally, most workers in Italy are employed under terms of double labour contracts comprising of a) a basic national/collective contract (usually negotiated by the specific national labour/professional association and the trade unions) and b) a supplementary and usually more favourable contract (negotiated by the trade unions with the individual firms). Hence "contratto integrativo" ... |
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supplement to a national labour contract Explanation: It's usually a supplementary of the national labour contract that refers to wage incentives. http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1089275 |
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(in this context) adjunct professor/instructor Explanation: In Italy, you also see "professore a contratto", the "contratto" being the contratto integrativo (generally a last minute effort to fill vacant teaching spots or a response to an unexpected infusion of cash in the departamental coffers!). This is a professor/instructor without tenure, and without a national contract, who has a term/hourly/course-based contract directly with the school/institution, and is generally paid by the hour/course/term (rather than with a salary). In the last century (!), I was one at the University of California, and I continue to be one now (on this side of the Atlantic, and often with lovely contratti a progetto (!)... :) Hope this helpsl! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjunct_professor#Adjunct_profe... http://www.unibo.it/SitoWebDocente/default.htm?upn=emilio.to... http://www.lorenzopetretto.it/cv.html |
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