Is a 20,000NT termination of contract fee legal?

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Similar questions are asked and answered many times.

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Have to leave early - what can I do?

I’m assuming you have a normal work permit (with an ARC) and work at a buxiban that has an attached kindergarten. If that’s the case, you should refuse to set foot in the kindergarten, and you should document any attempt to order you to work there. (For a long explanation of the legal issues involved in kindergarten classes, click here: Work Rules For English Teachers - #182 by yyy) If they merely suggest, “Oh btw, we heard about an opportunity for extra work at some other school… What’s that?…

Fines, deductions and penalties

Far enough into the 1980’s – I love it! To answer Sui’s questions to the best of my knowledge: Are fines for lateness legal? If they’re proportional, they should be. There’s also the full attendance bonus. Here’s a legal quirk: if the monthly salary is only the Basic Wage (i.e. less than what most white collar foreigners earn), and the attendance bonus is included in the salary (so it’s not really a bonus), that’s still legal, but deducting the imaginary “bonus” is illegal (unless i…