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[Trebek]

I just got some interesting news. Although I was supposedly under a 10 month contract (September thru June) I assumed I would get paid for the month of June. Due to the short winter break this year, our semester ends by June 5th. My University plans to only pay us until June 5th instead of the entire month.

Is this standard practice for Universities to do this? Now I have to scrape by for over 3 months with no income.... won't be much fun but I can do it if I stay in one place and not go anywhere.

Is this standard public University procedure???

[Javelin of Radiance]

The winter break this year was, officially, from 16 Jan till 13 Feb, but foreign teachers usually begin 2-3 weeks earlier (everyone comes back around the same time). Universities don't set the holidays, and most (all?) universities observe the same amount of time off. Was your break different from the above dates? By how much?

[Shroob]

[Trebek]

yes Scroob, mine has that sneaky little clause in it.

and Jav, I was off from 1/6 thru 2/13.


What sux if had I signed up for another year here I would have enjoyed being paid all summer. Now I have to bite the bullet for 3.5 months with no pay.

Oh well, live and learn. My understanding was that I was to be paid thru the end of June but didn't read carefully.

[Non Sequitur]

What about transferring this into the Contract Question sticky?
OP can you stay on in your apartment free for a while?

[johntpartee]

[Trebek]

Yes, I can stay longer if I needed to. My next Uni wants me there by mid june for paperwork purposes and I will move there at that time. This Uni pays the full 10 month contract, one of my friends recommends them as a bit less nickle and dimeing institution.

My OP has been answered by Scroob. I just needed to know whether this was a standard clause.

[Ariadne]

My contracts have always been for a set period (10 or 11 months) with a set amount of money to be paid each month. My current school pays for August if we sign for the next year. Knowing that doesn't help you, of course, but it does point out that contracts vary widely from school to school.

Hope your contract with the new place doesn't have that sneaky bit like your current contract. Sorry you will be on short rations for longer than you planned.

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[therock]

Hang on, if you listen to some people on these boards they are raving on how good their life is because they get paid 12 months a year or they get 3 months paid holidays.

[johntpartee]

The same ones who say they're making 20000 per month and berating us for working for slave wages?

[TexasHighway]

therock wrote:

[The Great Wall of Whiner]

I have a family, so I need to be where the money is consequently I have very little experience teaching at the university level, but from what I have seen, these jobs are coveted for many FT's because of the low working hours and if I was a bachelor I'd probably do it in a heart beat. Most university jobs I have heard about of offered pay through the summer months. My Chinese college and university teacher friends certainly all get paid in the summer and winter vacations-- classes or not.

Yes, they have tried to court me several times to do something in the daytime but I've never wanted to give up my daytime hours. Besides, my wife works during the day and earns more than I would at any college. One of us has to look after the little one...

Good luck.

[therock]

[dean_a_jones]

And you can back this statement up with what? The OP stated that if they had stayed at their current university they would have received summer pay, which is pretty standard.

Though don't let that get in the way of upping your own, obviously superior, situation on an anonymous web forum.

[therock]