Q1: What is the age limit for newly recruited full-time faculty?
Ans: 65 years old. Those who exceed the age limit will not be included in the number of prescribed faculty members.
Q2: What is the procedure for a department (institute) or center to hire additional faculty?
Ans:
1. Complete the Full-time or Part-time (Contract) Faculty Recruitment Form: The hiring process will begin after the Form is ratified by the President as per the administrative procedure.
2. Recruit via the following channels: An announcement will be made on the Ministry of Education's Teacher Job Network, 104 Job Bank, and the University Personnel Office’s website.
3. To be reviewed by Faculty Evaluation Committees at three levels: An applicant will be hired after his/her application is reviewed and approved by the Faculty Evaluation Committees at the Department, College, and University levels, and ratified by the President.
Q3: When do I need to apply for an adjustment of my working hours?
Ans: When our employees (who are applicable to the “Labor Standards Act”) are required to perform official duties on Sundays or regular days off, should apply for an adjustment of working hours. For more information about the principle of the adjustment of working hours and the application process, please contact the Personnel Office (Ext. 1211-1213).
Q4: When can I apply for overtime work?
Ans: Overtime work should be applied in advance via the Personnel System, and be approved and assigned by the Supervisor according to the business needs. The application must be submitted no later than the day the fact occurred. For an unexpected event, the application for overtime work could be made within 3 days. Overdue will not be accepted. For more information about the limitation of overtime hours and the application process, please contact the Personnel Office (Ext. 1211-1213).
Q5: What is the traveling-abroad application procedure?
Ans: A full-time (including contract and project-based contract) faculty or staff member who intends to make a traveling-abroad application for an official or personal reason, in addition to making an application in the Leave-taking System, he/she should also fill out the page about traveling abroad. Teachers without executive posts who travel abroad during summer/winter vacations, should also submit a written Overseas Travel Report which can be downloaded on Personnel Office’s website.
Q6: If the classes and work are canceled due to natural disasters, should I apply for a leave?
Ans: If Kaohsiung City Government announces that classes and work should be canceled, all the faculty and staff should stop their class and work, except for those whose job requires them to be on duty. No leave application is necessary for this situation. But if the faculty and staff live in another city or they will pass the city on their way to the class/work, and the city government announces that classes/work should be canceled due to natural disasters, under this circumstance, they should apply for a “leave due to disasters” which will not be classified with personal/sick leave.