UAE fights coronavirus: Sharjah to penalise schools for sacking teachers
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 16 Abr 2020
Ubicación: Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Otro
Not Reported ( Empresas de educación ) - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Ubicación desconocida , Empresas de educación , Gender not reported )Temas
Contract Substitution , Dismissal , Poverty Wages , Wage TheftRespuesta
Respuesta buscada: Sí, por Journalist
Medidas adoptadas: A representative from one school said that they had to terminate work due to lack of funds for wages and that this decision was taken prior to the changes.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Strict penalties, including revoking of licences, will be taken against [Sharjah] school managements that are sacking teachers, slashing salaries or forcing them to go on unpaid leave without their consent...
The authority has sent a circular to all private schools in the emirate after receiving a number of complaints from teachers in this regard. Some of the teachers were sacked, forced to go on paid leave or made to sign documents reducing their salaries by 50 per cent, including allowances, according to an...official.