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koon_taung_daeng · Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Location: south korea

WOW i thought my employer couldn't suck anymore then he did already but then i call the pension office today.

Apparently my employer told the pension office that my salary was 1million won a month

my salary is 2.4 million

he has been taking out pension for 2.4 million out of my check every month and paying in the pension for 1million

what a bastard!!!!

what should i do?????

Whistleblower · Joined: 03 Feb 2007

Time to call "Tax Busters".

Atavistic · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:04 am Post subject:

Well, when you told pension your real salary, what did they say?

merkurix · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Location: Not far from the deep end.

I'm sorry that happened to you, but my suggestion is to find all of your paystubs and keep them as evidence for what's to come.

LarrytheGiraffee · Joined: 12 Feb 2006

By claiming such a low salary, he is also paying less for your health insurance each month and 0-30,000won a YEAR in taxes. Id call the tax office to find out exactly how much he has been paying them each month as well. Good luck!

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

I think they can avoid paying taxes all together. Definitely true on the health thing. If he's paying that low for your pension, he's definitely paying your health according to the same 1 million salary. That's if he hasn't gotten away with paying health at all and is pocketing all of that. Although I think you have to pay both since these offices talk to each other.

The first thing I'd do would be to bring it up to your boss NOW. I'd relish in it. "What the fk do you think you're doing?" Hind sight being what it is, you should've checked with the pension office a lot earlier. All it takes is a simple phone call. Guess you know that already. Should've, could've, would've.

Anyway, how many months has it been? I wouldn't have any qualms about calling your boss out on this. Give him *beep* for cheating you and then tell him you're going to the pension, health, and tax offices. See what he does then. Wink

merkurix · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Location: Not far from the deep end.

What Korean immigration and tax bureaucrats should wake up and smell is the fact that no foreigner from the Anglosphere will ever EVER teach for 1 million won here (unless (s)he's an idiot). If I was an immigration or tax agent, if I saw that John Smith native speaker was getting only 1 million won while Jane Johnson and Alan Davis and every other foreign teacher on the list were each getting 2 million, I would like to think these'd be red flags as these mo-fo wanjangs are trying to cheat my gov't on taxes.

koon_taung_daeng · Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Location: south korea

when i told pension that they reported my income wrong they said i should take it up with my boss then file a cpmplaint with the regional office so thats what im going to do
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The problem is though that no one in my company can speak english, not my boss or anybody. only the korean teacher i work with can and im sure she hates having to call them every time i have a problem with this freaking agency.

thanks for all of your advice

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

You. Pension. No. Cheat me. Bad. Pension office go.

Learn how to say "You're underpaying my pension and I'm going to report you" or something.

Sounds like whatever arsehole you reached at the pension office is washin their hands of it. THEY should call your boss and find out.

Go down to the pension office with your contract and one or more pay slips. If you don't have a pay slip, demand them of your. Shake them up where you work. This should be taken care of NOW. They're purposely fkg you out of money. It's an old trick. ALL bosses in Korea will try this. ALL. At first they get a little disappointed that when you actually check and make sure they are forwarding the money, he correct mount of money. Like you don't trust them. Oh my!!!!

Stick it to this wanker.

Young FRANKenstein · Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:13 pm Post subject:

koon_taung_daeng · Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Location: south korea

Ok well i called my regional tax office and reported my employer and then about 2 hours later he comes to my school and starts apologizing and tells me he is going to wire the money to my account today.So i guess thats pretty sweet cause i was really stressing over this.

kat2 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Location: Busan, South Korea

Do not let him get off so easily. Ask for some more vacation, pay raise, something. He's obviously told hte pension office you were wrong. Thats why he's wiring the money to your account and not paying back pay on the pension. That money belongs in the pension office until you leave (if you are american, anyway) not in your bank account. Something fishy is still going on. Tell him you want something from him to gurantee that you don't have to call the tax, pension, and insurance offices on him.

xCustomx · Joined: 06 Jan 2006

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

He's not going to give you a lump sum to make up for it. If he did then you could just forget about it. But he's not going to give you that much money. You can try, but you'll probably end up having to go to the pension office with your contract and pay slips. DON'T let them give you the run around there by telling you to deal with your boss.

It's way the fk past that!

koon_taung_daeng · Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Location: south korea

yea i was curious about that to, apparently there is a lot of employees that are having pension problems at that agency and thats why he just want to pay me directly because he cant pay for everyones at once.not sure really i will calculate and see how it goes