UC Berkeley has been ordered to pay back millions in tuition and fees to hundreds of teaching assistants who complained they were hired at a part-time rate but worked close to the 10-hour-per-week minimum to qualify for benefits. The union representing UC student workers filed a grievance over two years ago, alleging the teaching assistants, including many undergraduates, were hired to work at the campus’ electrical engineering and computer sciences department for eight hours per week. AdvertisementUC Berkeley will abide by the arbitrator decision, campus spokeswoman Janet Gilmore said Wednesday. A union representative told the East Bay Times the ruling affects about 1,000 teaching assistants, each owed somewhere from $6,500 to $7,500 per semester that they worked. The union says the teaching assistants are owed at least $5 million.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 15, 2020 22:30 UTC