Recently I have been teaching at a training school (Sprouting English). We agreed on the hours and the salary. However they requested that I do additional work outside my work schedule and not get paid for this. I refused naturally and they said they will not pay my salary. Has anyone had a similar situation, if so how did you deal with it. Is it best to go to the police or to the PSB. You can also reply to me privately my WeChat ID is 13759519530
Stand in line. This has happened all over China. If you search the internet you'll find this is common in those training centers big and small. Best thing to do is quit.
Thanks for your response. I am aware of this. I just wanted to inform others not to work for this school. It's run by a Chinese Australian Michael and his partner Jenifer. If you do end up working for them ask to get your salary before class. The school one more time SPROUTING ENGLISH
Never liked sprouts anyway ;-)
To be honest this is fairly standard, crappy I know.
With only one exception (a further education college) I have never worked anywhere that did not expect staff to put in 'office hours'. Even at universities there were some extra unpaid work, although not routine office hours.
I agree that office hours should be in any contract, but I can see a private enterprise forgetting/neglecting to do this, and I think it is neglect rather than deliberate misrepresentation. One thing I found is that the worst employers were expats who have adopt