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[dakelei]

I'll admit I'm a bit afraid to go totally public with this and squawk too loudly so I'll withhold names for now. I'm presently owed at least 5000
yuan and possibly as much as 15,000 by a public university in Guangdong that I'm convinced is banking on me just quietly going away. This is not
some sleazy training center we're talking about here, friends. It's a
public university and has screwed several FT's out of salary and plane
fare money that was promised to them. Will shaming the place in public
forums like this one do any good at all? I really don't know what to do
next.

[Raindrops]

If you can legally prove that they do owe you money I think that I can help you, PM the University's name.

[Robin53]

Outing them here will not help you get your money. Instead, look at your SAFEA contract, and at the end it says that if you and the university can not resolve a dispute, you are entitled to go to the local Dept Education Office and ask them to mediate. If the university is definately in breach of their contract with you, the local Dept Education Office will make them pay you what is owed immediately, and invite you to "punish" the university with a fine of up to US$5000. They may also remove the university's license to hire foreign teachers.

Unfortunately its often either a lazy office worker or a rotten egg who causes these problems in an otherwise good university. However a contract is a contract, and this is one situation in which you definately have power if the university has broken the contract.

Start discretely finding out the contact person who speaks English in your local Dept Education Office where you live and call them. Action will be very swift and you will be supported 100% .

[The Ever-changing Cleric]

Good Luck Dakelei. Update us on the outcome.

[Hansen]

Robin, Is that a joke? Would you please tell us about the wonderful experiences you have had in discovering, righteousness, justice, and truth when assisted by the local "department of education" or even provincial level FAOs

[LanGuTou]

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[The Ever-changing Cleric]

I have an They could collaborate and send a message to someone else who might forward it on.

[JGC458]

First off, ultimately only you can decide what to do, and anything anyone on here says may not necessarily have any bearing on your situation.

That said, I've been in China 3 years and had lots of "nagging&