Determining the work duty account
As a general rule all assigned work duties at UiO shall be recorded, excluding research.
Teaching duties include planning, preparation and work related to the follow-up, exam-related work, grading, supervision and evaluation of PhD theses.
Administrative duties include teaching and research planning, evaluation of applicants for academic positions at their own unit, participation in committees, boards and assemblies.
The hours recorded in the work duty account are registered by the administration staff at the Department. The draft showing the hours you worked the previous semester is sent to you at the beginning of each semester. You are asked to examine the draft and add corrections within a given deadline. Please note that the work duty account is considered approved if you haven’t submitted any corrections by the deadline. It’s important that you assure the quality of the work duty account, as the management group uses this to plan lessons and use of resources at the Department. Corrections to the work duty account which is more than one semester old will not be taken into account.
Absence due to illness must be documented, either self-certified sick leave or a medical certificate. Your work duty account will be reduced in accordance with the days of absence. Sick-leave will be distributed equally between research and teaching duties.
In cases of long absence, such as the result of illness, leave of absence or other reasons, the extent of work obligations may be reduced. Any reduction in the work duties will be determined by the Head of Department. Normally the reduction in work obligations will be dependent on the length of absence, regardless of when during the year that absence takes place.
Surplus and deficit
Any surplus or deficit on your work duty account is related to the difference between the assigned duties and the work obligations. There are surplus hours if the number of assigned hours is larger than the work obligations. There are deficit hours if the number of assigned hours is smaller than the work obligations.
If you have a surplus, you’ll have to take this into account when planning your activities the next semester. You should prioritize the assignments that are the most important for the Department which includes teaching, academic supervision and grading exams. Any deficit in the work duty account should be discussed with your head of section.
Temporary employees have a fixed sum of work duty assigned for a limited period. It is our common responsibility to make sure that you don’t get, or take on more teaching duties than is assigned to the position in question.
Common standards for research and teaching duties in hours per year
| Position | Percentage of work obligation teaching/administration | Work hours per year teaching/administration | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 60 years | 60-61 years | 62 years or more | |||
| Professor/Associated Professor | 53 % | 898 | 878 | 831 | |
| Assistant Professor (Universitetslektor) | 80 % | 1356 | 1326 | 1254 | |
| Adjunct Professor | 20 % | 340 | 332 | 314 | |
| PhD Candidate | 25 % | 424 | |||
- Hourly rates in the work duty account (Norwegian)
The norms for crediting various work duties in the timesheet are determined by the Head of Department.
Professor/Associated Professor
The work duty account is divided in to 6 % administration, 47 % teaching and 47 % research.
Assistant Professor (Senior lecturer or Associated Professor with required teaching duties)
Assistant Professors at the Faculty of Social Sciences with full duties have 80 % teaching-/administration.
Adjunct Professor
The Adjunct Professor-positions at the Department of Psychology is initially a full teaching position.
PhD Candidates/ Postdoctoral Fellows
The work duty quota for four-year Doctoral Research Fellows is 25 percent or 1695 hours. The work duty quota may be discounted in order to accommodate for fieldwork, research stays abroad and the like; up to two semesters may be defined as without teaching duties, reducing the work duty quota to 1272 hours. The work duty quota for Doctoral Research Fellows with three-year contracts with an option for a fourth year is set at 75 percent of the employment period after the third year (maximum 1272 hours).