SPECIAL GROUNDS FOR DISMISSAL DUE TO REACHING A CERTAIN AGE OF HABILITATED SCIENTISTS AND EMPLOYEES HOLDING SCIENTIFIC DEGREES IN THE BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Author

Hristo Banov

Annotation

The research examines the special grounds provided in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Act for the unilateral termination by the employer of employment relationships with professors, academicians, corresponding members, and employees holding the scientific degree “Doctor of Sciences”. It argues for the need for legislative amendments to the special statutory framework, namely: raising the age threshold triggering dismissal for professors and Doctors of Sciences, and extending the same ground for termination to associate professors. A de lege ferenda proposal is advanced for a fundamental change in the legal framework, namely the replacement of the current mandatory obligation to terminate employment relationships with a discretionary right of the employer to dismiss on the same ground.

Keywords

dismissal, academic staff, scientific organisation, academic position, associate professor, professor, scientific degree “Doctor of Sciences”, retirement age, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences