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[S3raph1m]

Yeah, I can only imagine. Wasn't about to pull something like this without discussing it with knowledgeable people first. The recruiter still tried to convince me to take the job, even after I mentioned what you guys said about the insurance. Definitely not gonna be working with him. Even told me I'd thank him after I got to SK if I took the job. Haha. Shady.

[S3raph1m]

Ok, so this contract with a different school seems pretty good, but I wanted to check in with you guys first. What do you think? The name of the school and address has been blocked out with *****.

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT FOR INSTRUCTOR
*******


This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT has been made on (date, month, year) by and between *******, a sole proprietorship organized and existing under the laws of Republic of Korea, and having its principal office at ******** (Herein after called “Employer”),and ( passport no) a citizen of (country) , whose domicile is (permanent address of Employee)_ .(Herein after called “Employee”) Employee has been selected and approved by Employer, to teach English language, therefore, Employer and Employee, in consideration of the mutual promised and covenants contained herein, agree as follows:


1. EMPLOYMENT OF EMPLOYEE
Employer hereby employs Employee to teach English language in form and manner and under the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
Employee hereby accepts employment from Employer to teach English language in the form and manner and under the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.


2. WORKING HOURS & PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT & DESCRIPTION OF WOR
2.1 Working hours – 1) from( 09:20 ) to (18:10 )
-one hour break time
2) from( 12:30 ) to (20:15 )
Or 3) from( 13:30 ) to (21:10 )
2.2 Employee will be employed to teach English language at the address of the principal office as above (herein after referred to as “Institute”).
2.3 Description of work
- Industry :
- Job description :
- Teaching English to students.
- Designing lesson plans.
- Preparing lesson and developing class materials.
- Assessing students by means of spoken and written tests.
- Evaluating students through report cards and consulting with parents.


3. TERM OF RENEWAL & VOLUNTARY TERMINATION
3.1 The term of this Agreement shall be Twelve (12) full and consecutive months from
the next day of arrival in Korea, specified in Section 4 of this contract.
3.2 No later than four (4) full months before the date of termination of this Agreement,
Employer and Employee shall consult together and shall agree either to an extension or termination of it.
3.3 In the case of the Employee resigns voluntarily within twelve (12) months, Employee is required to inform Employer no later than two (2) full months before the date of voluntary termination of this Agreement.
4. DUTIES OF EMPLOYEE
4.1 During the term of Agreement the Employee shall accept and strictly comply with the instructions, supervision, training, and discipline of the Academic Director and shall carry out such assignments as directed by the Academic Director. These duties shall include ELS instructions in all phases of the program, administrative duties related to the classroom duties, administrative at scheduled staff meetings, workshops, promotion, and school sponsored outings and any other duties as may be assigned by the Academic Director. The Academic Director is responsible for establishing standards of performance relative to the Employee and also empowered to take necessary steps to assure that those standards are met.
Monday through Friday are teaching days except for scheduled public holidays and vacation days.

4.2 During the term of Agreement, the Employee will be required to accomplish the assigned duties for 30 clock hours each week. (one month 120 hours)

4.3 Each teaching hour in excess of 30 hours a week is considered as overtime.
(1 overtime clock-hour, 20.000 won)
In order to maintain the quality of lessons one hour of preparation time prior to classes each day is required from the Employee. This preparation time is not included in the calculation of any overtime hours, which the employee may be required to work. The Employee is required to attend in a staff meeting a week.

4.4 Employee shall not be permitted and shall not have the right to work outside of Institute. Since Institute employees are full-time employees such approval will normally be denied.

4.5 Employee understands and agrees that at all times during the term of this Agreement; Employee shall strictly obey all laws, regulations provisions, instructions, and guidance from the Government of Korea or any local government or officials thereof.

4.6 Every three incidents of unexcused tardiness by Employee shall be penalized as one lecture hour of unauthorized absence.

4.6 Absence(s) without notice may result in immediate dismissal. (Unnoticed absence in any case will result in deduction of pay) [The deduction of pay: one day of unnoticed absence results in deduction of two days’ pay(one working day and one weekend day under the provisions of the Labor Standards Act.]


5. COMPENSATION AND OTHER TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEE
5.1 Salary
Institute shall pay Employee as compensation for all services rendered the total aggregate monthly salary of 2,100,000 won for each month of contract period with Institute. Payment of salary shall be made in won and commenced from the first day of teaching.
5.2 Severance Payment
Employee will be given an additional one/twelfth of annual salary for completing the contract period. This amount will be paid at the time of, and is dependent on, completion of the full contract term. This amount is also subject to Korean income and resident taxes. Should an Employee renew for another term, payment of the additional one/twelfth of annual salary shall be carried over until the Employee severs ties with Institute.

5.3 Paid Vacation and Paid Sick Leave
Employee will receive Ten (10) paid vacation days during the contract year, five (5) in summer and another five (5) in winter time. These paid vacation days will be scheduled by the academic calendar of the school. National holidays, Saturdays and Sundays are not to be counted as vacation time. Employee may take up to two (2) days of sick leave. A doctor's invoice with the diagnosis and prognosis is strictly required to be paid for sick days. If doctor’s invoice is not submitted, the equal amount of the employee’s sick leave will be deducted from the employee’s salary and be fairly used in compensation for the replacement. Unused sick leave may not be taken as vacation leave.

5.4 Housing

The Employer will provide the Employee a furnished Single housing with no sharing. This offer includes furnishings (TV, Air conditioner, Washing machine, a Single sized bed, a Gas stove) and monthly rent for the selected location with the exception of maintenance, including water, gas, electricity, and phone bills, etc.

5.5 Airfare
Employer will purchase for Employee an economy class ticket from the point of hire for passage on a regularly scheduled airline to Korea . The amount of 800,000 won will be given instead of a return air ticket at the time of completion of employment. In the event that Employee leaves prior to completion of the 12 month teaching period voluntarily or involuntarily, and that Employee is dismissed for any of the reasons set in 6.1, Employer will deduct the equal amount of airfare to Korea from Employee’s salary. And Institute shall have no duty and shall not be obligated to pay the cost of return airfare.
If the Employee remains in Korea after the completion of employment instead of immediate return to his or her country, 650,000 won will be paid to the Employee as an alternative payment for the return airfare.
In the event that the Employee returns to his or her country by making stopovers in certain destinations of their own choice for personal reason, 65% of the amount of the return airfare (based on standard economy class flight) back to the Employee`s country will be paid by the Employer.

5.6 Extension of the Employment
In the event that the extension of the Employee Agreement between the Employer and the Employee is met, the return air ticket will be provided at the time of completion of subsequent contract period(s). In the case of the Employee resigns voluntarily or recalls reemployment agreement within 12 months, Employer will deduct the equal amount of airfare to Korea from Employee’s salary. And Institute shall have no duty and shall not be obligated to pay the cost of return airfare.

5.7 Medical Insurance
Employee will be covered by medical benefits under the Korean Medical Insurance Union, a Government Health Organization. The cost of this coverage will be borne half by Employer and half by Employee. Payment will be made by monthly deduction from Employee's salary; alike amount contributed by Employer.

5.8 Tax
Income Tax will be deducted from the monthly salary according to the Korean Tax Law.
a. The “Employee” will be required to file an annual tax return each taxable year while employed at the ***** with the local tax office.
b. Any taxes owed to any foreign government(s) are the sole responsibility of the “Employee.” The “Employer” does not involve itself in foreign tax law.
c. The “Employee” is required by law to participate in the Korean pension plan. 4.5% of the “Employee’s” monthly salary will be deducted and put into the pension plan. The “employer” will contribute 4.5% to the fund, for a total of 9%.


6. DISMISSAL BY INSTITUTE
Institute shall have the right at its sole discretion to dismiss Employee for clear and frequent neglect of duties under this Agreement, including, but not limited to frequent absences from Institute without approval of the Academic Director, or good reason thereof, or for inability to perform duties such as sicknesses, especially when it hasn’t been informed to the Academic Director before the Agreement was met. However, before any such dismissal, Employee shall be warned of dissatisfaction with performance and shall be afforded at least twenty (20) working days in which to remedy the situation. Criminal or other conduct inside of outside Institute that would in the opinion of the Academic Director and owner seriously jeopardize any person or the reputation of its students, or its staff, will cause for immediate dismissal and no warning or time for remedy will be allotted.


7. COVENANTS
7.1 Employee hereby agrees, covenants, and undertakes that he/she will not undertake any teaching duties or employment with any persons or organization other than Employer without prior written approval from Employer of the specific employment contemplated by employee. Failure to comply with this article causes for immediate dismissal.
In the event that Employee fails to complete this one year term for any reason, Employee must reimburse the full amount of the airfare to Employer.

7.2 Employee hereby agrees, covenants, and undertakes that he/she will not disclose teaching materials, syllabus details, or any other information relating to the academic program, whether verbally or in written form, to individuals or corporate entities not employed by Employer.


8. MERGER CLAUSE
This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter here of, and supersedes all pervious negotiations, commitments, and writings with respect here to. No modification of this Agreement will be binding or have any legal effect unless set forth in a written agreement amending this agreement and signed by both parties here to. Furthermore, this contract nullifies and voids any previous contract between the two parties.
Employer and Employee have executed this Agreement on the date indicated below.
Intending to be legally bound here to, and In Witness whereof, and Employee have appended their signature.


9. Other matters not regulated in this contract will follow provisions of the Labor Standard Act.


POINT OF HIRE:

Employee Name: Employer Name:

Employee Nationality:

Employee Signature: Employer Signature:

Date: Date:

[PRagic]

What do YOU think? The first contract was reviewed here, and you therefore learned a lot about what to look for. Sooner or later, you're going to have to stand on your own two feet.

[drcrazy]

f.
The Employee tells others about their own employment contract details.
피고용이 자신의 고용계약 내용을 다른 사람에게 말하는 경우


I might be wrong, but you might have done this when you posted the entire contract in both Korean abd English.

[PRagic]

And duties include assessing and evaluating students. That can take up a lot of time and would be a royal pain in the butt. Make sure you're getting compensated for that.

[PRagic]

And it might just be me, but it sounds like the director has a Napolean complex.

[S3raph1m]

Heh. My impression was that the contract looked good. XD It's definitely much better than that first one. I think I'm going to look at contracts that have been posted on here that people have deemed good and compare/contrast.

[J.Q.A.]

[newchamp]

First PRagic posts (whines?) this:

[S3raph1m]

Thanks for all the help, everyone! It all worked out! I just arrived in South Korea and my apartment is so nice. It's a lot nicer than I was expecting for no rent. The school hired my roommate from back home too, so she's sharing the apartment with me. The director of the school also seems really nice (gave me gifts and got me set up with groceries, wifi, getting settled, etc.) and I work less than 30 hours a week (there's also almost no prep). Score! Jet lag hit hard. I slept for nearly 16 hours after I got back to my apartment. Now I'm drinking coffee and looking over my schedule and the curriculum with fun games/activities that the teacher I'm replacing made for me. I'm pretty excited to meet my students after the three day training and hopefully become a decent teacher. I've been looking up youtube english education games/songs to get me started. If anyone has any advice, I'm open to it! I'm teaching elementary school kids and middle school kids, along with an adult conversational class once a week.

[tophatcat]

[PRagic]

Congrats. Hope you and your friend have a great first year over here.

And, yikes, somebody pissed in newchamp's Wheaties lol!

[S3raph1m]

Well, my first week is over and it went very well. I like my students and the whole vibe of the school is very laid back. We even have a cook that makes lunch, dinner, and snacks for us. I'm kind of surprised at how well this all turned out. It's way better than I thought.