Teaching Contract Labor Stuff

[cat5]

5 sick days a year is quite standard. Should know if you need more than that and shouldn't sign the contract accordingly.

Staff of a large International organisation in Bangkok get 6 days a year and most people think that is good going.

In my experience, schools that offer generous sick leave are taken advantage of by the staff. I have known some foreign staff consider it their god-given right to use up all their sick leave in any year. I have taken no more than two days sick leave in more than six years. Anyone who is constantly getting sick or feels the need to take regular holidays during term time should not be teaching.

[patklang]

Working at a reputable school, but am becoming increasingly annoyed at the policies that govern our labor "rights."

According to our contracts we get 5 personal/sick days a year, that's it. In addition to that, if we are late by 1 second 3 times in the course of that year, the school first starts taking our sick days away. If all 5 of our sick days have been used THEN the school deducts a full day's pay from our paychecks. And there's no limit to this. So, for example, if you were absent four times in the first term and late by 1 minute 9 times the second term, the school WILL take two day's pay just like that.

Now I've been subjected to this for some time, but this past year it got out of control with me and in the course of this year the school took 16000 baht from me just for being a little late. Never missed a class mind, just couldn't push the dam_n button on time.

Now the new year is starting, I'm looking at this contract and wondering, IS THIS EVEN LEGAL?

Your input would be greatly appreciated friends. I've tried to do some reading/research on this but I can't find anything this specific. Let me know what you think/what you recommend.

Cheers

mkj

stop being a prat then and get to school on time.You are in Thailand now and you knew the rules before you started the job so what is your problem.

[Ijustwannateach]

Since it's clear no one's interested in talking about contracts, this thread is closed.