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Kiwigoddess
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 Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:10 pm Post subject: Question about "working hours" |
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| Just a quick question about the working hours/teaching hours in job advertisements. I note many jobs advertisements state for example, working hours 9am - 7:30pm (M-F) but then the ad also says 120 hours per month. Do the hours actually refer to working all those hours in a day or working say 8 hours within the above timeframe each day? so possibly working 9-5:30pm or 11-7:30pm? The reason I ask is because working all those hours equates to 50hrs per week and therefore 200hrs per month, not 120hrs like the advertisement states. Any advice much appreciated as I am a little confused about it all. |
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shamash
Joined: 02 Jun 2012
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| Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:47 pm Post subject: Re: Question about "working hours" |
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| Kiwigoddess wrote: |
| Just a quick question about the working hours/teaching hours in job advertisements. I note many jobs advertisements state for example, working hours 9am - 7:30pm (M-F) but then the ad also says 120 hours per month. Do the hours actually refer to working all those hours in a day or working say 8 hours within the above timeframe each day? so possibly working 9-5:30pm or 11-7:30pm? The reason I ask is because working all those hours equates to 50hrs per week and therefore 200hrs per month, not 120hrs like the advertisement states. Any advice much appreciated as I am a little confused about it all. |
They mean 120 teaching hours, or 40 classes/week, most likely. I work 12-7:30 but don't start class til 1:30, then I have 8 40 minute classes. |
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Kiwigoddess
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| Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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| so in the above example I gave, I assume you do actually have to work/be at school from 9am - 7:30pm then? |
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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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That is an excellent question because working hours and teaching hours are not the same thing. In most contracts you'll only be paid overtime if you have taught more than a certain nunber of hours in a month (often 120 hours). Some schools can schedule you for a very early start and a very late finish so that you might be stuck on site for 10+ hours a day but as long as you are in class for 6 or less you get no overtime. NEVER sign a contract that doesn't specify your earliest possible start and latest possible finish for your workday or you could be in for some long days.
The definition of a teaching "hour" can also vary. At most hogwons a class is 40-50 minutes. Some schools will count a class as a teaching hour while others will calculate it to the minute. If it's not spelled out in the contract, ask before you sign.
Finally, some schools define working hours as hours you need to be on site whether you are teaching or not, and will strictly require you to there shether you are needed or not even if the school is otherwise empty. This practice is affsctionately known as deskwarming. Public schools are famous for this but some hogwons will do.this as well. If you think this.might bother you, ask before you sign. |
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Son Deureo!
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| Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Kiwigoddess wrote: |
| so in the above example I gave, I assume you do actually have to work/be at school from 9am - 7:30pm then? |
Quite likely. |
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Kiwigoddess
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| Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Son Deureo! wrote: |
| Kiwigoddess wrote: |
| so in the above example I gave, I assume you do actually have to work/be at school from 9am - 7:30pm then? |
Quite likely. |
Thanks for your reply  |
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