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11 hours ago, YetAnother said:

and by doing so, the school loses a Lot more face; obviously top management

That is 100 times worse. Let the girls be. Wearing longer hair and filmig acts of abuse.

The "registration" of my mobile phone number fails. othing happens. So I asked a Thai to do it with the Thai version... Then we tried to call 1584.

Guys, am I paranoidor is this the new normal over here? No English spoken... 

The RD, Revenue Departmet has a functioning message system. But the staff claims messages are "not clear".

I get it. Anything to avoid dealing with foreigners, huh?

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Q: can you use this taxi app?

Last night, a song taew refused to give me the proper change. I memorized its license plate. 

Every one gets a passing score at my private school as well. Blank page? Who cares?! 

Some friends. Real friends would have talked sense and made him adjust his demands to something like 150 THB. 

Thai girls are known to like to brawl. They thrive on this stuff and like physical violence. Poor guy, being overpowered by 2 females and then sucker punched in both elbows?!?

Thai authorities keep getting "contracts" showing unrealistic salaries of foreign teachers. Less than 48%, to be exact.

Is there a tax dodge or a way to get around a limit in having a certain number of foreign employees based on the school's paid up capital, tax payments or whatever?

OP, may I ask, how much we are talking about?

Those 10% withholdings will likely exceed tens of thousands of THB. The extra  classes, are we talking hundreds per week, or much more?

What about your main salary and employment status?

Q: Have you received your December salary? If yes, how come you spent it all within days? If not, then I would take the gloves off and try to start a war on different fronts. 

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They better pay you until they decide to fire you. Simple, really, wouldn't you agree?

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FWIW, in my first year at a government school, I encountered old Thai teachers (making over 50 k) who got it all wrong regarding grammar. I kid you not. (Some also called in M4 students to do their work as teachers, am not making this up. And we had a clash over them blindly relying on Google Translate back in 2011...)

Good luck, OP

Quote: I should clarify, behind closed doors on December 11th the administration and I agreed that I would complete for very time-consuming task within three weeks and in exchange I would get my salary for the month including the salary that I was not paid for teaching my special classes in the month prior and November in addition to the current month of December at the time. This is all regarding last month. Because I made an oral agreement with them, don't they have to comply to pay me regardless of the quality of work? 

Oh, ahh - they have licked blood and now they want to have their cake and eat it. 

OP, irrespective of the "quality of your work", I believe that they as a school know pretty well how to evaluate your services. (Few would be putting up with those demands and hours while not getting paid in a timely manner).

Act. Google the LABOUR COURT, go there with a friend as translator . Ask a buddy back home to lend you a few grand... 

IF the school has clever administrators, they will pay up and do that pdq, pretty darn quickly. Or else, they will appear at a hearing.

'Denying those extra classes and unpaid wages will be kind of tough to sell. (Q: are you the only one who ever encountered these issues? The timer doesn't change its spots).

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One more thing: Go to the RD, Revenue Department. Take your paperwork, say you will  s w e a r how much you are owed. Ask for assistance. Ask for the TAX FORMS for time worked. They cannot claim they paid you and they haven't fired you, so what gives?!?

Al Capone went down over tax fraud. 

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Moreover, I would call the Tourist Police on 1155. Embezzlement of wages will be on file. (I have no personal experience. This might be a waste of time. But that call to 1155 will be FREE and if I was the administrator, I would not want rumours about me embezzling foreign teachers wages... ????

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I heard bad things about Labour Departments wasting foreigners' time. They may promise an answer in say "8 weeks' time". You get the drift.

Work rules need to be 1. pre-approved and 2. posted. Date of salary payment etc.

In a modern world, such embezzlements should only work when they see you as a SUCKER. A guy who will be sitting in a dark corner of a bar, muttering into his beer.

Ken, this is as bad as it gets. 

Just to confirm: this is a private school, isn't it?

(Cheating seems to be a national sport which will be most fun when Thais get to rip off some hapless foreigner. YMMV, but I have been dealing with cr*p big and small. At the apartment complex, where polymorph scams are in place, not limited to fabricated meter readings, cooked books and 8 THB per kw/h). 

Being asked "not to sign in", then not getting paid due to not having signed in is one of the scams I've experienced repeatedly. Sorry, I just tried to paint the background for a specific answer.

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Q: Are you complaining about the 10% withholding, or them embezzling your full salary for the month you worked?!? 

Q: Were you  f i r e d? 

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As a NES, you will get another job. Many folks find jobs outside Thailand. Just heard of even NNES getting highly paid jobs in Oman etc. As a NES with a degree and good work ethic, you really should check out universities in rural China, Vietnam etc.

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Schools can be very creative when it comes to playing games you have depicted. My school delays payment by 10 days with the explicit goal of preventing teachers from doing midnight runs. 

A:  Private school? 1. Get an interpreter, some Thai friend and head with your paperwork to the Labour Court. (They will serve the school, set a hearing within weeks and you will get a Thai lawyer assigned. But still rely one more time on your interpreter-friend). If all fails, I have used someone over the phone. 

I just posted in the jOBS section. Got an answer. Don't want to cross-post, but certain "work rules" need to be first approved and then published. 

Q: Why would the court approve such a scheme, withholding 10%?!? Why stop at 10%, or at 10 days, which is way harsher than 10%, except that it's not cumulative. (Say you started in May. Are we talking 75% of your monthly salary, presuming you started the middle of May?

Apologies, I have yet to read the thread. 

Hi All

hope the new year will be your best yet. - As the tax year ended, why not 

i. go and get the necessary confirmation from your school.

ii. take it to the Revenue Department with your passport and 

iii. they will file your tax return in Thai and ask for your refund.

iv. got a refund check pdq, but Alas,  o n l y  KTB (Krung Thai Bank) account holders can cash that refund check?!??? - Am disgusted)

Q2: My scjool says a) they will process the tax return b) after the school year ends. That will be after the deadline to file tax returns!! (End of March)

Q3: Do we have the right to get that confirmation of taxes paid? Mer, I can use thousands of Baht asap and I do not wish to violate the deadline and face penalties or fines.

Hope this will be good news for those who have never files a tax return in Thailand. 

On 1/3/2019 at 7:25 AM, Estrada said:

You must read your employers published work rules:

 

Employers with ten or more employees must submit their written work rules to the

 

District Labor Office and must post a copy thereof in a prominent location at the

 

place of work. Work rules must cover such matters as working days, regular hours

 

and rest periods; holidays and rules for taking holiday, rules on overtime and holiday

 

work; date and place of wage payment, overtime pay and holiday pay, leave and

 

rules for taking leave; disciplinary measures and punishment; procedures for

 

submission of grievances; and procedures for termination of employment including

 

severance pay and special severance pay.

 

 

 

Documents relating to the payment of wages, overtime pay, holiday pay and holiday

 

overtime pay must contain at least the particulars of the working day and working

 

hours; work done by employees who receive wages on a piece-rate basis; and rate

 

and amount of wages, overtime pay, holiday pay and holiday overtime pay. The

 

particulars may be contained in one or more separate documents, each of which

 

must be signed by the employee as evidence of payment.

 

 

If your employers company has more than nine employees and you have not been given

written work rules, which should include details of date of wage or salary payments, then

they are in breach of the Employment Act. The Government does not set a date for payment

such as weekly, fortnightly of monthly, that is up to your contract which you should have 

already signed. I have experienced payment being end of the week, fortnight or month worked

with overtime paid at the same time or the end of the following work period. Some companies 

pay wages or salaries at the end of the following work period. If you cannot reach an 

understanding with you employer, contact your local labour office.

 

 

Thank you for taking the time to give such a good fact-based answer!

There are dozens of employees. And to stop anyone from doing a run, they have penalties in the employment contract. In addition, they delay payment by 10 calendar days. Henceforth, salaries are not paid monthly, but every 38-41 days.

Moreover, they refuse to issue the tax form needed to file. The tax year ended with the calendar year. But they say, the business's year matters and we will file your return. - Sorry, I need to stay on top of this and get the tax return  f i l e d first in order to get a refund.

Not having a KTB account has been a deal breaker, as I could not cash the refund check. Just great! Can't they deduct a fee of a few hundred THB and issue a check for one's bank?!? (SCB)

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Another bizarre scheme involves unauthorized 500 THB deductions for some future WP payment, which will be reimbursed after a year's service. No, I do not want "help" saving towards the payment of a WP by getting 500 THB deducted!! 

Closing, the length of the contract is equal to the probationary period. Neat. 1 year... Forget Labour Law, someone is rather creative, huh?!

An old thread has a number, but they cannot speak a word of English. Nor do they bother getting as text message translated... Commercial fly tipping in broad daylight is terrible. 

On 3/16/2018 at 12:43 PM, Felt 35 said:

I have recently been in touch with one of Thailands greatest and well known property developer/agency and as far I was informed nothing gone to change with their rental policies after 1. Mai.

This is big. At my place with perhaps 10 units, the sign says "8 THB per kw/h" on a notice board. Go figure.

Everything stays the same? So why have Thai LLs been clamoring for change?!?

On 3/13/2018 at 9:16 PM, Felt 35 said:

 Contract with a sensible condo owner and pay government rate, if through a rental company 7baht electricity and 35baht for water

It's 8 THB for me and - despite a water meter, which has been read monthly - 150 THB for water. 

When I moved out, the PM claimed not to have the key to open the door behind which the electricity meters are, Mmm. Days later, the promised photo of my meter has yet to materialize.

Regarding the cleaning fee, not a word before or after. 

My colleague has been hit with some 1,000 THB for utilities nonsense. But hey, ripping off farangs seems to be a national sport.

On 12/31/2018 at 7:32 AM, sweatalot said:

First she should urge those unwelcome foreigners who don't belong to Western culture whom she invited in out of the country

Quick, which country allows foreigners to enter (literally and metaphorically, meaning the welfare system closed to many struggling self-employed AND homegrown homeless) without documents?!?

The magic word, asylum, guarantees a years' long process paid for by the hapless taxpayers.

Then those folks, whose identity cannot be established, can and will remain. Fake news about them working and contributing to society is are too hot to handle. Globalists spin fairy tales, like Mercedes needing to recruit at residences for the newcomers etc. Hey, Mr. Zetsche, run an ad and 24 hours later, thousands of German youths will have applied... Widen the net, look at Greece and Spain where times are tough. Get literate Europeans. 

Merkel, give health care to all who need it first,  t h e n  to anyone who manages to reach Germany.

Her oath of office is a joke, huh? Not to harm the people  etc.? Millions of jobs depend on the car industry. But with CO2 Nazi ideology and unscientific b.s. like "Zero Emissions Vehicle" nonsense, she will cause more harm.

Closing, the article is wrong. MOST Germans want her  g o n e, not business as usual for years to come.

Try reading this with Google Translate?

http://www.pi-news.net/2018/06/deutschland-bearbeitet-hunderttausende-asyl-fakes/

This woman has harmed her people and all of Europe in ways few seem to grasp. From electricity costs to killing the car industry via EU CO2 "Golden Calf" kults.

By failing to remove a bizarre §, Germany is the only country on the planet allowing anyone to say the magic word to i. enter the welfare system and ii. get the fiendishly complicated Asylum process rolling. iii. Hardly anyone qualifies, but Her Majesty hasn't done her homework and she will continue to harm her people in ways foreigners may not grasp.

Yes, I am totally biased. But there are also cold hard facts to consider. 

Rant over.

Well, I got comped for a Detox place costing thousands a night. Why not DIY? 

I would recommend buying lots of mineral water (not the usual rubbish). Try Creatine fror stamina. Do work-outs, get a daily massage and mind what you eat!

* Colon irrigation? Try PSYLLIUM HUSK in cold milk, let it turn into a pudding... Eat with fruits.

* Take protein powder, milk and fruit to a coffee shop and pay it to make a health drink for you.

* 80% is the diet, 20% the exercise.

Like the beach? Like Chiang Mai and the mountains?

Nan, Pai, an island?

If you have the money, you can design your own program!!

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Drink before every meal... We are often just thirsty and mistake thirst for hunger. 

Good luck!

Am asking, because we will have to wait longer than a month to get paid for the calendar month's work.

May this be pushed even further?

What about demanding foreigners to wear polyester polo shirts in this heat on 3 days?

Cheers,

Bought a PS3 with GTA 5 for 80 € on Ebay. It will be a few weeks before it will arrive. Q: is cross-console-play possible? Does one need a PSN paid membership for that?

Pardon my ignorance.

Avoid Penang!! Kota Bharu is the consulate to go to... 

Regarding foreign exchange (forex), some folks mistake the different exchange rate calculations in TH vs MALAYSIA :D =.788 vs 12.68 555

7 hours ago, thequietman said:

I was promised a 5% salary increase year on year. This year reduced to 4% due to a new accountant. We are talking a very small amount in the overall scheme of things but to say it was massively demotivating is an understatement.

 

There is however, money for jaunts, nonsense posters that are grammatically incorrect and any other crap that is for show.

Motivating the NES is low on their list of priorities as the white devil needs to be undermined at all times. 

 

It is truly hilarious watching their little faces every year, as they look confused as to why another foreigner has quit ..... and so on and on it goes, with nothing being learned.

Hear, hear!

Schools really need to conduct leaving interviews. Priceless, getting the unfiltered feedback of those who have no political interest as they are leaving. 

Air conditioned rooms. Then the Thai TA opens up the door and windows. Yes, within minutes, the room temperature will be hot. Mission accomplished?!? What are they thinking?!?

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To combat midnight runs, my school delays the salary payment by 10 days. 

Take Lampang. Yes, there was a single taxi. No, it would  o n l y   drive for set amounts (250 THB for a short drive).

In Bangkok, at Chatuchak BTS, the motorcycle taxi drivers demand "100 THB" to go to Mochit. 

The DLT needs to throw the book at these operators and focus on the owners, not the little guys following orders.

On 11/2/2018 at 5:19 PM, natway09 said:

johng,,,,, And where did you ever see Thais eating cockroaches ? Methinks you exaggerate

 

It was 2011 in Nan, at a market. an old lady had a bucket full of them. Alive. and she killed a few. so someone must have been buying & eating them... 

wow, a textbook case of 'projection'. Sick bastard! 

Up North, there was an iron clad requirement to bring the Police clearance form.

• Seems they haven't heard of that (for foreign teachers).
• then they now want "2 x 2" photographs showing much less of an applicant's face but instead the whole upper body. What on earth would be the purpose of such an odd size and photograph?!???

A third oddity is the school submitting paperwork prior to an applicant showing up?

I've always obtained all my VISAs in Laos.

(I would rather stick to normal passport size photos. Last time, I used the smaller than passport-size photos and those were welcome by the Lao and the Thai officials).

Getting turned away for not having that Police check sorted would be a nightmare. It's a 100 THB fee and something every school should do, JMHO. Can't believe there is no nationwide law regarding these things?!