Dear All,
I will be needing your kind help in sorting out an issue at my workplace. I have made few queries here before, however I need some more clarification. I will mention my whole problem in bullet points for better understanding. Please do let me know if there is anything else to be mentioned.
1. I am working with a private school in Vijayawada. My appointment order says I am a life skills trainer for Secondary students and a communication executive for the school.
2. The school doesn't have basic hygiene facilities like separate toilets for teachers or drinking water facility. No chairs or fans for teachers in a classroom.
3. I have been asked to take classes in the Primary as well as Secondary without giving any reason even if Primary teaching is not in my appointment order.
4. The management forces me to work on holidays like Bandhs and other holidays where no other teachers are working. In fact, granting me a leave of one day, which I had applied well in advance for my mom's surgery was labelled as 'special consideration' and I have been told that I must feel thankful for it and work extra hours in return.
5. The management has labelled me as a non committed employee for not working during Dusshera vacations. This was in reference to build the curriculum for Life Skills. Sadly, I am only a trainer and building curriculum is not a part of my job profile. While joining I was told that the whole curriculum is ready and I just have to teach.
6. I have been asked to gather information and resources from my previous school which was a very high end school so as to help the director's wife establish her own school in the city. This is not only another task asked of me out of my job profile but also unethical.
7. If resignation is given as per the norms, the school holds up the salary for the notice period. Also, the school keeps the original certificates of the employees, but I haven't given them any such document so I dont have to worry about this part. But I cannot give them a resignation because I am sure they will hold my salary and working for them free of cost is just not acceptable to me.
8. I am 5 months pregnant and wish to stay home now as the physical work is extremely high (includes walking from one block to the other around 300 mts for taking classes. There are 4 such blocks, classes are on 5th and 4th floors) It is too strenuous for me to move around so much, especially where there are no chairs for the teachers to sit in the class. Literally I am moving from one block to the other, descending 4th floor here and ascending 5th floor in the other block.
This was the description of my working conditions. My questions to you kind people are
1. Will the employer have a chance of issuing me a legal notice if I just pick this months salary and leave on medical grounds stating my pregnancy. I dont expect any relieving letter or experience letter from them.
2. Can I argue that I was made to do tasks that are out of my job profile for no extra pay?
3. I have no where mentioned working from home or on holidays is acceptable to me and neither is it mentioned in the appointment letter. Is it legal/correct of them to expect me to work on holidays that too on a work for which I wasn't hired.
Kindly help me with these queries and any extra suggestions are welcome.
Thanks & Regards,
Swarupa.
I will be needing your kind help in sorting out an issue at my workplace. I have made few queries here before, however I need some more clarification. I will mention my whole problem in bullet points for better understanding. Please do let me know if there is anything else to be mentioned.
1. I am working with a private school in Vijayawada. My appointment order says I am a life skills trainer for Secondary students and a communication executive for the school.
2. The school doesn't have basic hygiene facilities like separate toilets for teachers or drinking water facility. No chairs or fans for teachers in a classroom.
3. I have been asked to take classes in the Primary as well as Secondary without giving any reason even if Primary teaching is not in my appointment order.
4. The management forces me to work on holidays like Bandhs and other holidays where no other teachers are working. In fact, granting me a leave of one day, which I had applied well in advance for my mom's surgery was labelled as 'special consideration' and I have been told that I must feel thankful for it and work extra hours in return.
5. The management has labelled me as a non committed employee for not working during Dusshera vacations. This was in reference to build the curriculum for Life Skills. Sadly, I am only a trainer and building curriculum is not a part of my job profile. While joining I was told that the whole curriculum is ready and I just have to teach.
6. I have been asked to gather information and resources from my previous school which was a very high end school so as to help the director's wife establish her own school in the city. This is not only another task asked of me out of my job profile but also unethical.
7. If resignation is given as per the norms, the school holds up the salary for the notice period. Also, the school keeps the original certificates of the employees, but I haven't given them any such document so I dont have to worry about this part. But I cannot give them a resignation because I am sure they will hold my salary and working for them free of cost is just not acceptable to me.
8. I am 5 months pregnant and wish to stay home now as the physical work is extremely high (includes walking from one block to the other around 300 mts for taking classes. There are 4 such blocks, classes are on 5th and 4th floors) It is too strenuous for me to move around so much, especially where there are no chairs for the teachers to sit in the class. Literally I am moving from one block to the other, descending 4th floor here and ascending 5th floor in the other block.
This was the description of my working conditions. My questions to you kind people are
1. Will the employer have a chance of issuing me a legal notice if I just pick this months salary and leave on medical grounds stating my pregnancy. I dont expect any relieving letter or experience letter from them.
2. Can I argue that I was made to do tasks that are out of my job profile for no extra pay?
3. I have no where mentioned working from home or on holidays is acceptable to me and neither is it mentioned in the appointment letter. Is it legal/correct of them to expect me to work on holidays that too on a work for which I wasn't hired.
Kindly help me with these queries and any extra suggestions are welcome.
Thanks & Regards,
Swarupa.