Feif Un:
The concept of employment assumes an AT WILL relationship. The employer or employee can terminate the relationship AT WILL. The employee is not a slave, and the employer is not stuck with a ‘lemon’ employee.
This is a STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE in most schools under the Torah UMesorah umbrella:
1. When a school falls behind on paychecks for TWO MONTHS, they warn their employees that disaster is upon them, and ask for employee patience and cooperation.
2. If a school fails to find resources and has already announced their situation to their employees, they have two weeks to make a determination about financial abilities.
3. If after these two weeks, it is apparent that the resources won’t be granted, the school is to offer any teacher unable to afford to wait for payment, the option to remove themselves from employment. THESE EMPLOYEES ARE GRANTED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
4. All monies raised MUST go first to those employees who opted out.
5. School administration and board of directors are to meet with staff every two weeks with updates.
These guidelines allow the staff to make a reasonable judgment whether they are employed or are volunteering! Any employee who agrees to these terms, has to be a team player and stick with the administration and board. As long as the school was honest, the school is in the CLEAR, because it was the staff person’s personal choice to stick with it.