Salary Cut - What To Do ?

[Baaksida]

My salary was cut by my employer last month as I was absent without prior

notice, as I feared not getting permission to do my "business" while being away from the office.

This business was doing a border run to activate my second Non "B" visa (of my double visa) and travelling all the way to Bangkok to get a new passport as mine is practically "full" (It takes more than six weeks to get a new one from my embassy!!).

I did all this to have a legal status in Thailand/work and in order not to miss school work during the next employment period, starting in May. I wouldn't have much to do in the office (government school) anyway, except maybe of surfing the internet...

I am currently the only native speaker working with the school. Most of the Thai teachers show up once in the while, while I am requested to do "office work" (i.e.

being present 40 hours per week (for a measly 22,000 Thai baht)...

I don't even have a written employment contract in my hands. That's after working here for more than three months.

And, you guessed it, my employer is a department of one of the big universities in the country...

What should I do, appeal against the director's decision ??

Do we, as foreigners, have any rights in this country anyway, except of leaving it ? (I could tell many more stories as how employers, both government and private

tried to cheat me and colleagues...)

[asinah]

I know many English teachers that work at schools but you should have told them that you have to go for your visa run.

Do we, as foreigners, have any rights in this country anyway, except of leaving it ? (I could tell many more stories as how employers, both government and private tried to cheat me and colleagues...)

I guess your problem is that you are in a deal with a snakehead (A job broker for English teaching - I guess he charges around 42,000 B and gives you 22k)

As long you are willing to work for snakeheads don't be surprised at all.

TIS (This is Thailand)