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wangdaning · Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 3154

What is unfair? Your post needs more clarity.

OhBudPowellWhereArtThou · Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Posts: 1168 Location: Since 2003

Try here:

http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/viewtopic.php?t=114607&highlight=paid+holidays

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kungfuman · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2016 3:29 pm Post subject:

My company gives us 4 months a year paid holidays. Summer, 2 weeks at xmas, and 1 month spring festival = all fully paid.

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

If you start in September, your contract will likely be 10 months.
Accordingly you are no longer employed from the following 1 July.
During that 10 months you will receive salary for the Spring Break, although some are reporting a reduced rate. Not my experience though.
National holidays will be paid but the 'non work' days may not be as many as you expect, which brings in the whole topic of makeup days. That's a whole topic in itself, which has been traversed many times.
If you re sign at your school they may offer (or you may ask for) payment for July and August.
I've never been taken to task for working in the summer break although like everything in China where you're stretching the rules - don't rub their noses in it.

Greg 09 · Joined: 30 Jan 2009 Posts: 169

I have a 12 month paid contact, and I'm free to work extra on paid holidays. Read the contract and take the best one available to you based on your preferences. There is no standard contact in China. My school is lenient on the rules, hard to judge that in advance.

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

http://middlekingdomlife.com/guide/english-teaching-contracts.htm

Spring (Feb) semester starts can garner a 12 contract. For the first contract on a Fall Semester start basis, the standard is 10 months. As has been mentioned elsewhere paid summer holiday can be negotiated if you re-sign*.
I think SAFEA would have a different view as to whether there is a 'standard contract'.
But I think we are talking contract period rather than the overall contract.
* Someone with unique and valuable skills could leverage 12 months from the get go, but I'm sure you would have mentioned that.

Greg 09 · Joined: 30 Jan 2009 Posts: 169

Non Sequitur · Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 4724 Location: China

As I said. If you re-sign you can get 12m. It's not term of the first contract generally.