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still have to pay back flight after 6mo!!!

 
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buffygrrl1



Joined: 05 Jun 2007
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:21 pm    Post subject: still have to pay back flight after 6mo!!! Reply with quote

is it legal that i still have to pay bag my school the flight if i have worked there for 6 months?
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Boodleheimer



Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man

PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

what does your contract state?
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biggpoppa



Joined: 14 Jul 2007
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

there is no "law" on this...but normally 6 months is the cut off point...my contract originally stated 8 months and i pointed this out and was told it was a typo...i'm working in a public school though...funny how it was a typo...just check the contract...
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:10 am    Post subject: Re: still have to pay back flight after 6mo!!! Reply with quote

buffygrrl1 wrote:
is it legal that i still have to pay bag my school the flight if i have worked there for 6 months?


It is strictly a contractual matter.

I hope your contract precludes your repaying back the airfare after 6 months but if it requires payback after that point (some say if you quit anytime before the end of the contract you have to repay the airfare in) and you signed it... you are outta luck.
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007

PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you're lucky, there's not a word in the contract about paying it back.
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Homer
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Check your contract as stated above.

If the clause is in there, you are out of luck as when you signed it you entered into a contractual obligation with your employer.....
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mountainous



Joined: 04 Sep 2007
Location: Los Angeles

PostPosted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 5:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sometimes the hakwon makes the job sound enticing (by offering to pay your airfare to Korea) then they just deduct a larger amount (more than the plane ticket costs) from your paycheck...basically just another form of bait and switch fraud that is so popular in Korea.
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