I’m not sure about the teaching demo, but some of the other info he claimed was “confirmed by the CLA” seemed a bit off. I read somewhere that the legal requirement for advance notice given in leaving a job was only 10 days for first year employees - certainly not two months.
EDIT: I just found the article I was referring to on Tealit, and it is a little bit vague:
[quote]Teachers are bound by the Labor Standards act regarding what their responsibilities are to employers. You must follow the provisions outlined in Article 15, with specific attention to paragraph 2:
In the case of a special fixed-term contract for a term of more than three years, a worker may, after expiration of three years, terminate the contract by giving notice to his employer thirty days in advance.
In the case of a worker terminating a non-fixed term contract, the provisions of Paragraph one of Article 16 pertaining to the prescribed time limit for serving advance notice shall apply mutatis.
Article 16 states:
1. Where a worker has continuously worked for more than three months but less than one year, the notice shall be given 10 days in advance.
2. Where a worker has continuously worked for more than one year but less than three years, the notice shall be given 20 days in advance.
3. Where a worker has continuously worked for more than three years, the notice shall be given 30 days in advance.
I’m not sure about the teaching demo, but some of the other info he claimed was “confirmed by the CLA” seemed a bit off. I read somewhere that the legal requirement for advance notice given in leaving a job was only 10 days for first year employees - certainly not two months.[/quote]Yeah, I noticed that. I don’t think it’s two months for any employees in Taiwan, is it? I suppose some people may have contracts that specify a two-month notice period, but I wouldn’t have thought it’s a statutory requirement.
If the article I quoted from Tealit is accurate, the notice required is never more than 30 days. But I think you’ve mentioned on more than one occasion that this article is outdated. I don’t know why I keep referring to it.
If the article I quoted from Tealit is accurate, the notice required is never more than 30 days. But I think you’ve mentioned on more than one occasion that this article is outdated. I don’t know why I keep referring to it.[/quote]
I don’t think that particular article is outdated. The one I’ve talked about as being outdated is the one talking about switching employers, which I think up until recently still described the old method of adding one employer to your ARC before removing the other: having two concurrent work permits for a little while. I’ve just had a look, though and they’ve updated it now. The current article seems (from a quick read just now) to be fairly useful, except for the rather confusing usage of “second job” to refer to the new job. To be fair, I think the law/regulations also use that term, but I think it would be clearer if Tealit had defined the term a bit better.
Anyway, please don’t look on what I write as authoritative in any way! All I know is from my own limited experience and from a reasonably good memory of other people’s posts about their experiences. Plus reading various bits of the relevant laws translated to English from time to time–there are a couple of decent links that people have posted before. I’ll repost them when I find them.