Huang Quehua (first from the right), chairman of the Kaohsiung City Parents Association, and other parent groups recently submitted a joint letter to the Education Bureau.

(Provided by Tugao City Parents Association)

[Reporter Fang Zhixian/Kaohsiung Report] In September, the Education Bureau of Gao City approved the signing of a group agreement between the education industry trade union and the principal association. Teachers should work 40 hours a week, and overtime pay or compensatory leave should be paid for working hours exceeding 8 hours a day. Parent groups submitted a joint letter to the Education Bureau last Friday, emphasizing the need to implement the 8-hour working hours a day, requiring "teachers to clock in and out of get off work, including winter and summer vacations," in order to defend students' right to education.

In response to this, Liu Yaping, Director of the Consultation Department of the Gaoshi Education Industry Trade Union, criticized that a small number of parent groups lacked legal literacy, lacked labor awareness, and did not know the status of the education site. The 40 hours of attendance per week is a national law and has nothing to do with the group agreement. However, working hours and clocking in at work are two different things. Moreover, before the Education Bureau approves the group agreement, it also invites the main parent groups to meet and reach a consensus.

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Liu Yaping said that teachers work overtime, and the government has no money to pay overtime pay. Labor, police, and civil servants all over the country have special vacations. Only Teacher Yangchun does not even have a special vacation for one day. Teachers and administrators have special vacations but no winter and summer vacations. , During this epidemic, many teachers have to ask for sick leave. More than 14 days will affect the performance appraisal. According to this group agreement, if the school has insufficient funds and cannot pay overtime pay, it should give the overtime hours multiplied by 1.5 times the number of compensatory leave hours. Teachers, please make up You have to take care of your own course affairs during the vacation, so not only does the government not spend a dime, but the students' right to education is not lost.

The Gaoshi Parents Association, the Gaoshi Parents Association at All Levels, the Gaoshi Learning Disabilities Education Association, the Gaoshi Parents Education Volunteer Association, and the Kaohsiung Parents Union jointly submitted a joint letter to the Education Bureau, requesting that "Kaohsiung teachers commute to and from get off work." Check in, including winter and summer vacations.”

Huang Quehua, chairman of the Gaoshi Parents Association, said that the Parents Association emphasizes respecting teachers, and the education industry trade unions are fighting for teachers to work 40 hours a week. Teachers have become laborers. Winter and summer vacations" to defend children's right to education.

Huang Quehua emphasized that if the teacher's work is changed from the responsibility system to the working hour system, how to regulate the working hours and work content of teachers, such as teacher station guidance, guiding students to eat nutritious lunches, off-campus teaching time, after-school tutoring and family visits, etc. Is it included in the calculation of 8 hours per day?

The Bureau of Education stated that the management of the attendance and leave of teachers below high school is standardized, and the principle of the weekly attendance of teachers is 40 hours. In September, the Principals Association, the Teachers Union and the Parents Association were invited to discuss the replacement mechanism for teachers' overtime pay, and a consensus was reached. Accumulated monthly, 1.5 times the number of compensatory leave hours will be approved.

The Education Bureau emphasizes that if the current teachers make up time off due to class work, they can make up the class or entrust qualified teachers to substitute for the class. Teachers who ask for make up leave should pay the hourly fee for substitute classes.

In addition, the work of teachers is mainly based on teaching. The current regulations do not need to swipe cards to commute to and from get off work. The Education Bureau requires schools to strengthen school management, maintain teaching quality, and ensure students' right to education.