Korean Job Discussion Forums

shindoi50 · Joined: 12 Jul 2003

I work at a university where we are required to teach 15 credit hours/semester. For years they've just scheduled 14 for us since there are several elective classes that the Korean staff won't teach, so the native speakers do (mainly writing courses).

Last year (2004) they said we had to make up our credit "deficit" so many of us taught 18 credit hours.

One of my colleagues did teach 18 credits and now is being told that they found another 2 credit deficit from 2002 so they want her to sign a paper saying she agrees to teaching 18 credits before they present her with a new contract. She offered to allow them to doc her pay, which they said they'd do in January, but now they won't accept that.

Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

doesnt sound legal to me.

It is definately not legal to bring something forward from a past contract to try to make someone do work from a previous shortage.

Besides working 15 credit hour whatever is the maximum not the minimum. If you are stupid enough to agree to do it then thats your loss.

What does your overtime agreement say?

Besides it is up to the uni to make sure you are teaching enough classes to satisfy the requirements not you!

dulouz · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Uranus

No, not even if its in the contract. To be honest, I don't know but its absurd.

FUBAR · Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Location: The Y.C.

I think it would be legal with full time employees, though contracted workers are a whole seperate deal.

As Grotto stated, the university can't really up a worker's hours to compensate for a lack of work the previous years. They could inform the teacher that they wouldn't renew their contract unless they agreed to teach more hours in the upcoming agreement.

I think our school (private higshcool) has the same sort of policy with the teachers here, with regards to scheduling hours.

Gollum · Joined: 04 Sep 2003 Location: Japan

Ha!

If it's a contract job, tell them, "no."

Too scared to lose your precious Univ. job over it? Then you're a pushover. Plain and simple.

Tell them no, you'll only be there a max of 3 years anyway, and they can fire you if they want.

If this is a contract job, it's utter bull.