this is full time employees only? is there an English version yet? I can’t seem to find one.
if so it doesn’t help a lot of bushiban teachers because schools almost always class them as part time in order to avoid many employee benefits.
Don’t think so, apparently all the teachers (local and foreign) are asked to sign it.
Also, I’m APRC with OWP, so did the criminal check already.
The documents is like a waiver, and also asks us to confirm that we’re not soldiers, government employees, or have been convinced of sexual harassment or abuse, nor have any pending cases.
I think I meet (most of) the requirements for financial aid mentioned above. I have an APRC, Open Work Permit and I am on my school’s “labor Insurance List” (I assume, since there is a deduction each month).
My query is… what exactly is meant by: “full time”?
Do the government have an official definition? If so, is this related to the number of hours worked or some earnings threshold? Or is this distinction just something that individual employers decide when they register a new employee?
If this is related to the number of hours worked then it is going to be very problematic for the cram school industry. A minimum of 14 hours per week are required for a school to sponsor someone’s ARC. This suggests that the government are aware that a lot of cram school teachers don’t work anywhere near the traditional 8-hour-day considered “full time”.
Yet, if it were based upon earnings, most teachers would be above the minimum wage. (ie. they are contributing taxes and labor insurance like everyone else.)
My situation is that I am off work, unpaid with no income. School are not offering me any hours because, whilst I’m paid at an hourly rate, they have other salaried teachers who can cover online classes at no additional cost to the school. Hung out to dry in other words.
Needless to say, it’s not the best climate to be looking for hours elsewhere.
Been keeping an eye on the news for new announcements, but haven’t seen anything more specific to my situation.
I assume “iiic” is some sort of international standard definition.
I agree that 40h/w is the norm. I’m just curious whether the Labor Department definition might be more nuanced, given how varied people’s work situations are.
I guess, in truth, I’m hoping against hope.
Still, the vast majority of English teachers here are not working 40h/w. If that is the case, then there will be a significant number of people without income and whose options are extremely limited.
I’d be surprised if I’m the only person in this situation.
You are not the only one in that situation. One teacher from my school is leaving due to lack of hours and another is now working through iTalkie I think it was called.
i thought the legal max is 32hrs… the school can claim 40k in most cases… and i have already seen 1 example where they are trying to keep that money… to do this they need the teacher to sign a form saying they “received” government cash. if the teacher doesn’t sign its embezzlement by the school, so needless to say they are trying to think up creative ways to get you to sign for no cash…
it was a typo of iiuc, and I might be wrong.
If the full operation time of the school is shorter than 40hr/week, the operation time may be the school’s full time.
Cool. Thanks for clarifying. Google was saying: “Indian Institute of Infrastructure & Construction”. If I were more dwtk I wouldn’t have been like “wtf?”
That’s really interesting. Because I do pay Labor Insurance through my job. That’s why I’m wondering about this whole “full time” thing. If a person is earning above the minimum wage and contributing taxes then what difference should the number of hours make? (Especially if he/she now has no other source of income.) Does the labor dept. even know how many hours a person actually works??
Employers shouldn’t have a problem helping with the application since it’s not costing them anything (and it’s safeguarding their staff until such time as things reopen). No doubt there are some unscrupulous bosses who would try to pocket the money, but it states pretty unambiguously that this is embezzlement. If a teacher applies and doesn’t receive that money then they’re not going to waste much time before calling the Labor department. Not sure how many employers would take the risk. Then again…