Regulations on administration of foreign teachers at Shanxi Normal University
 

Foreign teachers working at the University should obey the following regulations:

  1. Observe the laws, decrees and relevant regulations of the Chinese Government and the employer’s work regulations.

  2. Cooperate and try every effort to complete the task agreed on.

  3. Accept the employer’s work arrangements and directions, without permission you should not render any services elsewhere or hold concurrently any post unrelated to the work duties.

  4. If you fall sick and cannot conduct your classes, you should notify the director of your department and the director of the international office.

  5. If you need a leave of absence, please ask the director’s consent before you leave.

  6. If you are absent with no excuse, a deduction from your monthly salary will be made as follows:  one class abscence=a day’s salary deduction; three days absence=one whole week’s salary deduction; a week’s absence= half a month’s salary deduction; up to a half month’s absence, results in a whole month’s salary being deducted.

  7. Regardless of the reason behind your absence, missed classes need to be made up shortly before the leave or directly thereafter. In case the leaves exceed 30 days,the employing party has the right to terminate the contract.

  8. Foreign teachers are discouraged from developing intimate relationships with individual students. Should this occur, the teacher may be asked to withdraw from the University.

  9. If you work hard at your teaching and observe the contract, a reward will be given by the University or by the department, if you don’t observe the contract or if you violate the regulations, you will be warned, criticized and may even be dismissed, according to the nature of the offence. NOTE: To be criticized in China is a serious matter.

  10. Religious beliefs are personal matters, however foreigners are not allowed to organize any kinds of religious groups, meetings or services, and proselytizing is strictly forbidden, according to the Chinese law and University regulations.

NOTE: The above regulations are based on the new Contract Form and the Living Conditions of Foreign Experts and Teachers issued by our Foreign Expert Bureau.(see the appendix)