Researchers saying science ministry has not taken into account their career progression
Hundreds of early career researchers in Serbia are demanding back pay amounting to millions of euros from the country’s science ministry, saying they are overdue work evaluations and salary adjustments.
The researchers say their contracts and the law mandate an evaluation and related salary adjustment every two years but that, despite repeated promises from the ministry, no evaluation has taken place since 2011, when the last big ministry grant cycle began.