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[The Soju Hoju]

I worked for JEM Academy in Jinju....p.m. for advice

[garykasparov]

( 1 ) Work hours:

( a ) When did your workday start?

( b ) When did your workday end?

( c ) How many hours of preparation did you work before the first class?

( d ) Did your employer force employees to work at other schools if they didn't have permission from Korean Immigration Officials?

( e ) Did your employer provide you with time to take breaks during working hours that you could used freely? If so, then how long were your breaks?

( f ) Did your employer count time spent teaching in class including preparation between classes as a "work hour?"

( 2 ) Wages:

( a ) Were you always paid on time?

( b ) Did your employer pressure you or force you to give access to your bank account as well as your cash card?

( c ) Did your employer pay you in cash or deposit your monthly salary into your Korean bank account?

( d ) Did your employer provide you with pay receipts on payday stating the nature and amount of all deductions, taxes, and salary?

( e ) Did your employer give you holiday bonuses that were deductions from your monthly salary for income tax, pension or medical insurance?

( 3 ) Overtime wages:

( a ) Did your employer force employees to work overtime hours?

( b ) Did your employer pay you overtime wages or avoid paying them with creative book keeping?

( 4 ) Paid annual leave:

( a ) Did your employer make deductions from your monthly salary on or during days of paid annual leave?

( b ) When did you use annual paid leave days?

( c ) How did you use annual paid leave days?

( 5 ) Korean National Holidays:

( a ) Did your employer make you work on Korean Nation Holidays?

( b ) Did your employer make deductions from your monthly salary during or on Korean National Holidays?

( 6 ) National Health Insurance Plan:

( a ) Did your employer provide you with a health insurance card?

( b ) Did your employer respect your medical privacy?

( 7 ) National Pension Plan:

( a ) Did your employer pay into pension?

( 8 ) What extra stuff do you really have to do not written in your contract?

( 9 ) Is the school in financial trouble?

( 10 ) Paid sick days:

( a ) Did your employer let you take a paid sick day if you where unable to teach due to illness or injury?

( b ) Was it easy to take a paid sick day?

( c ) Did you have to make the paid sick day up later?

( d ) Did your employer make deductions from your monthly salary for the time you took off?

( e ) Did another (native) teacher have to cover your class(es)?

( 11 ) Did your employer have a history of firing employees for the sole purpose of not providing severance pay, wages and a plane ticket home?

( 12 ) Did your employer have a history of being verbally or physically abusive?

( 13 ) Did your employer have a history of "pocketing " deductions for taxes, pension and medical insurance?

( 14 ) Housing & accomodations:

( a ) Did your employer provide you with the furnishings stated in your contract when you moved in?

( b ) What were the overall conditions of your apartment including the furnishings when you moved in?

( c ) Did your employer make deductions from your monthly salary for housing deposits provided you signed a labor contract without a housing deposit clause?

( d ) Were all the utilities in your name or your bosses name?

( e ) Were all the utilities paid from the prior teacher before you moved in? If they were not, did you pay for them?

( f ) Did your employer walk into your apartment when you were in your apartment without your consent or do apartment searches when you were not in your apartment?

( 15 ) Did you get your passport, degree and transcripts back after receiving a work visa from Korean Immigration Officials?

( 16 ) What were the English speaking abilities of the Korean Teachers and your employer like?