beqstar Posted April 23, 2005 at 10:40 AM Report Posted April 23, 2005 at 10:40 AM i've been told that contracts in china, such as a teaching contract for instance, are totally breakable and signing one's name on the dotted line is as about as binding as a bra-burning session on the beaches of barbados...can anyone share their feelings/experiences with contractual agreements in china? Quote
马杰 Posted May 15, 2005 at 05:50 AM Report Posted May 15, 2005 at 05:50 AM Contracts are worthless from the standpoint that the company/school (especially if it is domestically owned) doesn't have to honor it and you as a foreigner are completely helpless in court (if it even gets that far). You can walk out of a contract, just make sure you have your residence permit when you do (your employer may try to ask you to let them hold one to your residence permit, if it is a school the foreign affairs handler, ie "wai4 ban2" will do all of the work/residence permit stuff and hold on to your paperwork. Screw them and you are instantly illegal). If you are dealing with a private company, it isn't such a big deal, your new employer can rebuild your work permit for you. I know of one instance where a reputable place, the Shanghai American School, did this after someone walked on another private school. Lack of rule of law has it's upsides as well as downsides, an H-1 worker who walks on their sponsor is out of the US on the next flight. Quote
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