International Contract - Question

[jbowman1993]

Hi All,

I teach at a university here, and I wanted to ask people with perhaps more knowledge than myself about this.

In our standard International teacher contract, under "Termination of Agreement" it lists the following

Clause 11, Thsi agreement is terminated on:

1) completion of term of employment;

2)death of the employee;

3)rescission of the agreement by either party serving a notice to the other party at least three months in advance;

4) rescission of the agreement by the employer in the case where an officially accepted physician has examined the employee and concludes that the employee should not be employed further on account of his/her health;

5) recsiccion of the agreement by the employer on account of the employee's serious misbehavior or desertion of duty without justification.

My question concerns #3. Is this technically legal, according to Thai Labor Law? It is a clause that has never actually been used here, but I am trying to find a legal precident for removing it, (in a bid to improve teacher feelings/morale concerning job security). In order to do that, I need to cite a law that contravenes this clause.

I have noticed that many in this forum seem to have a great deal of access to Thai labor laws. Can someone help a brother out?

Thanks

[Ijustwannateach]

It's a good question, and one which I've wondered about.... probably there IS a relevant labour law. Anyone have a link to help us out?

[Scott]

I can understand your concern, but a 3 month notice on either side sounds pretty fair to me. Ours states a 1 month notice. I'll be following this thread to see what the legalities are.