Korean Job Discussion Forums

[pjbyrne14]

Do most jobs pay on the 25th of the month? If so, is there a holdback on your salary? In Taiwan, they pay on the 10th but that is for salary up until the end of the previous month. How does it work in Korea??
Thanks!

[Ya-ta Boy]

I can't speak for others, but I'm paid on the last day of the month for work up to and including that day. I know there are other arrangements, but I don't know how common they are.

[pjbyrne14]

Thanks for your response. Is the pay date fixed in stone or is it a little flexible?

[Sash]

Pay dates are different depending on where you are. Flexible- Depends on the employer, so ask them directly.

[kat2]

In my time here, I've seen pretty much any paydate system you can imagine.

Curently, I am paid on the 17th for the previous month's work. I'm at a public school.

I've also been paid every two weeks for the work done those two weeks.

I've also been paid on the 10th for the work done te previous month.

[ttompatz]

[jellobean]

Doesn't Korean law require that you get paid at least once every thirty days? This would mean that if a hakgwon tries to pay you 10 days late, as long as you complain the first time that what they are doing is illegal, I think you have a basis to complain....

Someone correct me if I am wrong....

I wouldn't accept a contract that had a holdback, but if you already did, I'm not sure if you are out of luck or not...

[icicle]

I am in a public school and am paid on the 25th of the month for that month .... so from the 1st to 31st (or appropriate date) of that month ... If the 25th is a weekend or public holiday then I am paid on the previous working day ...

When you should be paid will usually be clearly outlined in your contract ...

Icicle

[CentralCali]