Equal salary for work of equal value: what part of the principle is not understood in the public university for doctoral research personnel?

Commentary on Supreme Court Ruling 426/2024, March 6

Abstract

The financial system of university research, which requires public universities to continually attend external calls to attract financial resources and research talent, multiplies the diversity of contractual employment situations of research personnel. This financial difference in calls comes, with some frequency, in conflict with the principle of equal pay. Hence the many collective conflicts that demand equal pay, the expansive nature of which is affirmed in jurisprudence. This, however, usually makes a broad judgment about the reasonableness of these differences, despite finding a basis in the recent laws of science and universities.