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Afra · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 389

The academic year ends on 19th June. The contract year ends 31st July. 6 weeks of salary and the proportionate amount of gratuity has been deducted from the up-dated final payment schedule. Things are changing rapidly at HCT and, unfortunately, 'used to' and 'usually' no longer apply. It is worth looking at the most recent (June) amendments to the policies regarding termination of service, etc.

holbrook · Joined: 14 Jun 2003 Posts: 60

When I left I was breaking my contract. I gave adaquate notice and they paid me everything that they owed me (ticket money, relocation allowance, unused vation pay and the full severence amount despite the broken contract and my June departure on an August starting contract.

al bidarnd · Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 53

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

This is no "loophole." this non-compliance. If they taught the full academic year, they are eligible for the full summer leave. Which, as I said, confirms that they should also receive the full gratuity through this year.

If people are not getting both, they have a case and if they don't push it, HCT - which has always followed its contracts - will now think that they need not.

If the MLI teachers working for the military (also government) can win their cases, so can any HCT teachers.

VS

Afra · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 389

To pursue a court case in the UAE, you must be in the country. Most people already have their tickets and are leaving very soon: the HCT must know that this is normally what happens and is taking advantage of it.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

The MLI teachers managed to do this and even those who left the country got their money- before the end of the calendar year, I believe. The case was handled in country by those who didn't leave.

(In the previous even larger suit against the military it took a couple years and only those that stayed in the country eventually got all their money)

I wish one of the teachers involved in the MLI case would come on and give some practical advice.

VS

Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:00 pm Post subject:

Wastaman · Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Posts: 19

I am also a new employee of HCT, just finished my first year.

I work for CERT and have been paid on the dot on the first of every month without any problem.

Is the non payment not re. overtime? I was told any overtime I did would be paid in a lump sum at the end of the year.

I work a maximum of 20 hours a week and I'm very happy where I am.

My supervisors have been helpful, supportive and they also stood behind me on the one occassion where I had complaints from my students.

I have a lovely three bedroom villa on a nice compound. I have no real complaints so this is a boring post.

HCT isn't perfect but it's the best place I've worked in the M.E. and I've been around a bit.

Have you ever worked for IAT, Sabis?

'Don't you know it always goes, you never know what you've got till it's gone'..........or something like that (Joni Mitchell)

mishmumkin · Joined: 01 Sep 2007 Posts: 929