Job Discussion Forums

lionheartuk · Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Posts: 173 Location: Guangdong

At my first school back in 2004/5 I was off sick twice. Once with flu and once with food poisoning. The school paid me for all the days which was about 2weeks in total.

The second time I was in hospital for three days/nights and they paid the fees and my salary. They also had a teacher sit with me most of the day and night. After three days I got bored and checked out despite the doctors saying I should stay longer. Went back to work the next day and did not have to make up any classes.

Since then I have not had a day off sick so don't know the rules where I am now and I have been here almost 10 years.

getbehindthemule · Joined: 15 Oct 2015 Posts: 712 Location: Shanghai

schwa · Joined: 12 Oct 2003 Posts: 164 Location: yap

I taught in Korean schools for 15 years & never once took a day off sick. I'd rather teach (it's therapeutic) than lie on my couch going woe is me.

Jmbf · Joined: 29 Jun 2014 Posts: 663

nimadecaomei · Joined: 22 Sep 2016 Posts: 605

Well, teaching while ill you cannot give your students the quality they deserve and you risk spreading whatever you have around, kind of irresponsible.

I tell my students the same, if you are ill do not come to class. You cannot really learn and you risk spreading whatever you have around.

Tazz · Joined: 26 Sep 2013 Posts: 512 Location: Jakarta

Wow! What a superman......and a judgmental one at that, to consider being ill as wallowing in self pity. Shocked

Put quite simply, no matter if you are dealing with 'the kimmies' who run the private Hagwons, or a government institute in China-any employer who withholds pay from a 'genuinely' sick employee, or insists that those missed classes [never heard of substitutes?] be 'made up' later...isn't worth working for in the first place....