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[Homer]

I think not Joo,

Not under the current laws.
If its a class the kids have to be enrolled, therefore your income declared, therefore not privates....

[Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee]

maybe the school could pay you directly. I have seen school even touting this is a fringe benefit on the job board.


If you do it in the classroom and the director approves you will never -never get busted.


Everyone out there ask for it. You do it several times and you will get it.

[hellofaniceguy]

Awwww, come on now. We all KNOW the answer to this question. It's illegal to work at two places UNLESS the man approves it. And the man is IMMIGRATION. It does not matter what the school owners decide. Immigration is the only one who can approve it. If not, then it's illegal.

[TheUrbanMyth]

[TheUrbanMyth]

[Homer]

Excellent points UrbanMyth,

Jo, your scheme sounds like a great way to add regular classes to your schedule without getting paid better and with the added bonus of it being illegal...not much of an upside is there?

[Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee]

[bibimbap]

This is all semantics!

What's a 'class'? What's a 'private'?

What's the difference between doing a 'private' AT your school and...

arranging 'overtime' with a one-person class at a premium rate??

If the work is sanctioned by your hagwon, then it's perfectly legal. Because the legality of your employment is dependent on your E-2. Everyone wins - and, yes, even if the Hagwon doesn't take a cut - because their employees are much happier and less willing to bail at the first sign of trouble. A savvy principal recognises this. And there are some out there.

[J.B. Clamence]

[KFTU]

be careful the institute might allow them then comes the last month of your contract and they hand you in and so they dont have to pay your return airfare, severance pay or last month salary, be careful, this hapened to 2 friends of mine

[Holyjoe]

[Homer]

It is a bit of semantics indeed.

but, bottom line most of the schemes in this thread boil down to wanting to do privates, i.e. cash in pocket, and I fail to see why you would do so by asking your employer.

If you are willing to roll the dice with your visa for a few extra bucks then go for it.
But I hope you will provide a service that is comensurate to the money they will pay you for those private lessons.

Finally, to put this to rest: its pointless to declare the income of your pvt lessons as they are illegal anyway.
If you teach them at your school they will be included in your class load (at best you might get paid overtime rate) and taxed accordingly.

Teaching privates all depends on what your situation is and on how you see Teaching.

[some waygug-in]

At the first school I worked at, I was encouraged to do privates. Not by the boss, but by the other teachers. They just told me to keep it hush hush and it would all be OK.

The only thing was, I refused. The teacher I was replacing wanted to give me her private students, as she was heading back home. She was relentless at trying to get me to agree to this. I just kept saying, but I don't want any privates.
Some guy wanted me to teach his kids for 2 hours in the afternoon, 3 days a week. That would have been fine except for the fact that I was working a split shift. I really didn't need any afternoon classes. The guy actually cornered me in the school trying to get me to agree to teach his kids. I just kept saying no, I told him it was illegal and walked out. I could tell he was upset, but I didn't care. Who the hell was this guy anyway, to walk in and demand that I teach his kids?
Somehow I think he was able to complain to the boss about this, eventhough it was illegal, and the school got nothing, he was friends with the boss and.......... well, nobody said anything to me about it, but I could tell they weren't happy with me.

I didn't come here to kill myself.

cheers

[wylde]