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Consultation on the partial revision of the Staff Regulations
The Rectorate is launching a consultation on a partial revision of the University’s Staff Regulations (RPers), aimed at improving their clarity, consistency and practical usability. This initiative seeks in particular to simplify certain procedures, introduce targeted adjustments based on the needs of faculties and services, and incorporate developments in the cantonal legal framework. It is submitted to the University Assembly, the faculties and interfaculty centres, as well as the Staff Commission. The consultation will take place from 1 April to 31 May 2026. Each staff member may express their views through their representatives serving on participatory bodies.
The Rectorate is launching a consultation on a revision of the University’s Staff Regulations (RPers), from 1 April to 31 May 2026. This revision primarily aims to simplify certain procedures, strengthen overall consistency, and make the regulations easier for members of the university community to understand and apply. It also includes targeted adjustments based on needs expressed by faculties, centres and services, as well as adaptations to the cantonal legal framework.
In concrete terms, the proposed changes are intended to reduce the complexity of certain processes, avoid redundancies (for example by streamlining certain steps or committees), and clarify rules that are currently sometimes difficult to apply in practice.
For example, procedures for renewing positions that are renewable without time limit will be streamlined: after an initial full renewal, subsequent renewals may follow a simplified process, avoiding the repetition of burdensome procedures where it is not justified.
In addition, the revision incorporates adjustments reflecting changes in the cantonal framework and in society: provisions relating to leave and the extension of contracts in cases of maternity or parental leave are being updated to better reflect realities of modern life.
The consultation is addressed to the University Assembly (within the meaning of Article 7, paragraph 2 of the University Statute), the faculties, the UER+ and UER, as well as the Staff Commission. Members of the community may thus express their views through their representatives. The representative associations of the different staff groups — the Association of Professors of the University of Geneva (APUG), the Joint Association of Teaching and Research Staff (ACCORDER), and the Administrative and Technical Staff Association (PAT-UNIGE) — may also submit their positions to the Rectorate, even if they are not formally part of the consultation process.
This revision process is part of an ongoing effort to improve the University’s working framework, by balancing simplification of procedures, clarity of rules, and the preservation of existing safeguards.
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