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doogsville
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 Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 4:22 am Post subject: working in a different city from where you are registered. |
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Hi, I'm sure there was a thread about his before, but the search function is just returning a blank page for me right now and I've spent 30 minutes looking at topic headers and I'm no further forward, so here goes...
I have a valid work permit and one year residents permit, but my employer wants me to go and teach in another city a couple of days a week. I'm pretty sure I've read that you can only work legally in the city your resident and registered in. Is that the case or can I work legally in another city as well? |
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johntpartee
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| Not sure. Since the employer is sending you, there's probably a way. Ask him/her to contact the Entry/Exit Bureau to find out the procedure and/or legality. |
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doogsville
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| I should probably have said in the original post that I'm not that keen on working in the other city, and would therefore rather avoid it. To be honest the classes are not really about teaching, more about making money for the company I'm working for, so it's not a pleasant gig. |
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xiguagua
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| If you don't wanna do it then why not tell them you don't wanna do it? Unless it's in your contract you can whine about it until they are tired of dealing with you. When my school tried to make me do stuff I didn't wanna do I just told them I know nothing about X, so it's much better if another FT does it. |
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doogsville
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 7:12 am Post subject: |
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| xiguagua wrote: |
| If you don't wanna do it then why not tell them you don't wanna do it? Unless it's in your contract you can whine about it until they are tired of dealing with you. When my school tried to make me do stuff I didn't wanna do I just told them I know nothing about X, so it's much better if another FT does it. |
Yes, I'm probably going to just tell them I don't want to do it anyway. It's not just the crappy nature of the 'classes' it's the four hours of travel and up to three hours of hanging around between the classes that bother me. They only pay me for the teaching time, so I get to spend seven hours unpaid in a city that has nothing of interest.
I want to make sure of the legal position as well though, because I don't really want to break the law of do anything that might jeopardise my stay in China. |
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Mister Al
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it's the four hours of travel and up to three hours of hanging around between the classes that bother me. They only pay me for the teaching time, so I get to spend seven hours unpaid in a city that has nothing of interest.
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The RP is attached to your employer rather than the city per se, I think. If the new work is in the same province its probably okay legally for you to teach there. However, absolutely refuse to do it unless they pay you acceptable remuneration for the downtime.
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Miles Smiles
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It may not be legal, but it isn't uncommon for a school to ship a few teachers out of town by bus a few days per week to teach in another town.
Its legality seems to depend upon how much influence your school/FAO has.
I'll echo Mr. Al: the school should pay you an hourly wage for the time spent on the bus, and the time spent on the campus.
If this is a voluntary decision on your part think about it. If it is mandatory, you need to sit down and have a serious question about adequate compensation. |
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The Great Wall of Whiner
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| It's called being farmed out. Enjoy being a money-making machine for your boss. |
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