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[Sleepwalker]

My friend is thinking of applying for the College of Technology vacancies.

However, she was in contact with one member of staff who likes her job but mentioned that the staff under recruiter contract are only paid for eleven months with no gratuity paid. In addition, if the semester starts late, they are not paid until the college starts teaching.

I was surprised but, if this is true, the only thing I can surmise is that the staff start in September/October. They work until June and are paid the standard one month's vacation. This means that there is no payment for August and no gratuity because the teacher hasn't completed one year. They sign a new contract in September and the whole cycle begins again.

Can anyone comment?

[ETG]

There are variations between recruiters. The one I know about paid for all of September, even though teachers started around the 18th, (they paid for the month under duress). Staff will be paid for all of July and get a gratuity and end of contract payment (total of 20 working days). Not paid for August.
E.

[veiledsentiments]

This suggests that one best ask your questions very carefully to find out what they are doing or trying to do if you are being hired. I would suspect that paying for 11 months plus the one month holiday would make them liable to pay the full gratuity under Oman contract law. It sounds like these teachers should be reporting this recruiter to proper Ministry. Under Omani law, partial gratuities are paid for months completed... or at least that was the law... and I doubt that it has changed, but check on it.

VS

[Sleepwalker]

From what ETG says, the staff start in September, teach until June, are paid one month's holiday and given a gratuity. They don't get paid for August.

The granting of a gratuity means that they are considered to have worked a full year (gratuity isn't paid under 12 months service) but they are only paid for eleven months.

I wonder if the recruiters are charging the Ministry for the staff for a full year, paying out for eleven and pocketing the rest?

If this is true, it should given people food for thought when considering offers.

[ETG]

Sorry for any confusion staff - work until mid July (this is MoM colleges).
E.

[Sleepwalker]

That's good to hear - my friend was thinking of the MOHE colleges - anyone out there with up to date information?

[veiledsentiments]

information on what?

VS

[PattyFlipper]

[veiledsentiments]

Perhaps? I'm not sure of the divisions of power there. But doing it through a lawyer may move things along. Oman has always been pretty good about following their laws.

Not to mention that at the moment it is only one source hearsay that they actually are trying to avoid paying gratuities.

VS