By Abraham Gerber / Staff reporterThe Ministry of Education has failed to follow through on its promise that temporary teachers would receive summer pay, union activists said yesterday, promising legal action against local governments for refusing to accept subsidy payments intended to cover the teachers’ extra months of pay. According to the union’s figures, only Yunlin County provides a full year’s salary to temporary teachers, while Kaohsiung and Chiayi City provide a full year’s salary for temporary teachers covered by administration subsidies. All other local governments withhold one or two months of salary from temporary teachers over the summer months, even if they are rehired, the union said. “They aren’t paid a salary during the summer months, even though they still have to prepare classes, complete coursework and do training just like regular teachers, and schools sometimes call them in to help with special events,” he said. In response, K-12 Education Administration division head Wu Hsiao-hsia (武曉霞) said that while hiring regulations for temporary teachers are set by the ministry, there are no rules governing the periods for which they should be paid.

Source: Taipei Times September 15, 2017 15:56 UTC