While a crisis is the perfect opportunity to think outside the box, it's not an opportunity to cheat the system or employees. And sadly, I've heard of too many examples of the latter.
Granted, some language providers were cheaters even before the crisis. So, hopefully this post will help them break that nasty habit and replace it with something a little more legal...like, say, nail biting.
Over a lunch of steak, fries and beer, a dear friend and colleague told me of a terrible legal issue she had. Her French was good, but not good enough to compete with the person who was clearly cheating her. Moreover, the culprit had a legal background and used that to further intimidate my friend. She told me of a tiny shack she stumbled upon in the 14th district of Paris: La Maison de la Justice et du Droit du Secteur Paris Sud . Here, she was given FREE legal advice.
Translation of their website: La Maison allows everyone to learn about their rights and to assert them in everyday life. Hotlines are organized around the themes of daily life: family law, the protected adults (guardianship, trusteeship), housing, labor, consumption, access to French nationality, immigration law, fight against discrimination. For schedules and making an appointment in the house of justice and law, contact us directly.
With the changing tides of the ELT industry in France, I hope you don't need to pay a visit to the Maison. But just in case - there are lawyers there ready and available to help you - free of charge.
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