Know your rights when you begin hunting for a job3

Know your rights when you begin hunting for a job3

 

 

8. I'm now a formal staff member, but I want to quit my job before my contract ends. Do I need to pay the liquidated damage?

 

In most cases, if you write a written notice to your employer 30 days prior to your leaving date, you don't need to pay anything.

 

However, there are two exceptions.

 

First, if the employer pays for your professional and technical training, and if he or she can show the invoice (provided by the third party) of the training expenses, you need to pay the liquidated damage. This amount shall not exceed the training fees. Internal training within a company does not count.

 

Second, if you and your employer include in the employment contract some provisions on confidentiality, and if you breach these provisions, you shall pay the liquidated damage to the employer as stipulated.

 

9. Should I get paid for working overtime? My company says I will receive extra time off instead. Should I accept this?

 

According to the law, all overtime should be paid. Your company should pay no less than one and a half times the normal rate if it extends your working hours. It has to pay no less than twice the normal rate of pay if the extended hours are arranged on a day off, and no less than three times the rate on statutory holidays. Only when overtime takes place on days off - Saturdays and Sundays for most people - can your company give your extra holiday instead of overtime. In other cases, your company must pay you overtime even if then have awarded your replacement days off.

 

If your company refuses to pay you for overtime, you can turn to the local labor dispute arbitration committee for help.

 

10. When I signed the contract with my company, my position was that of secretary. But recently a telephone operator quit and her workload has been added to mine. Should the company increase my salary?

 

It depends. If you'll get piece rate pay according to your contract, your company should pay you more because you have done more work. However, if you get time rate pay, your salary will not change no matter how much work you do within the stipulated working hours. But if you cannot finish the added work within your normal working time, you should be given overtime.

 

 

 

短语学习

 

quit job 辞职

 

the contract ends / terminates 合同终止

 

technical training 技术培训

 

show the invoice 出示发票

 

the third party 第三方

 

training expenses / fee 培训费用

 

internal training 内部培训

 

do not count 不计算在内

 

provisions on confidentiality 保密条款

 

breach the provision 违背条款

 

as stipulated 按照规定（要求的）

 

work overtime 加班

 

get extra time off 得到额外的休假日

 

one and a half times 1.5倍

 

extend working hours 延长工作时间

 

statutory holiday 法定假日

 

turn to sb. for help 向某人求助

 

dispute arbitration committee 纠纷仲裁委员会

 

telephone operator 接线员

 

add to one's workload 增加了某人的工作负担

 

increase salary 加工资

 

It depends. 视情况而定

 

piece rate pay 计件工资

 

time rate pay 计时工资

 

stipulated working hours 规定的工作时间

 

liquidated damage 违约金

 

 

单词学习

 

contract n. 合同

 

exceed v. 超过，超出

 

exception n. 例外

 

internal adj. 内部的

 

technical adj. 技术的，工艺的

 

stipulate v. 规定

 

invoice n. 发票

 

provision n. 条款

 

breach v. 违反

 

overtime adv. 超时地

 

statutory adj. 法定的

 

training n. 培训

 

quit v. [口]辞职

 

professional adj. 职业的，专业的

 

confidentiality n. 机密

 

arrange v. 安排

 

secretary n. 秘书

 

employment n. 就业

 

expense n. 费用，花费

 

count v. 将……计算在内

 

extra adj. 额外的

 

dispute n. 纠纷

 

arbitration n. 仲裁

 

committee n. 委员会