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[ryn]

i am being offered a job at kjc in hwamyeong busan. I was told by an employee currently at kjc (hwamyeong branch) that "busan info tech college" sponsors the kjc school company and that is why their name is on the contract. fishy or not? any knowledge about kjc in busan would be greatly appreciated too. thanks.

Employment Contract for Foreign English Instructor
외국인 강사 고용 계약서

This Contract is made and entered into by and between
본 계약은

Employer / 고용주 : Kang Ki Sung

School Name / 이름 : Busan Info-Tech College

Address Republic of Korea / 주소 : San#48-6, Gupo-dong, Buk-ku, Busan

Hereafter-called �Employer�
And

English Instructor
Instructor Name

Nationality

Passport No

Passport Expiration date

Resister Address

Hereafter-Called �Employee�

The institute ( Employer ) wishes to engage the services of the instructor ( Employee) __________ as an English Instructor. The two parties, in a spirit of friendly cooperation, agree to sign to this contract and pledge to fulfill conscientiously all the obligations stipulated in it.

1. Length of Employment
The employment period under this contract shall be 12 months starting April,
, 2008 and ending April , , 2009 . In the case that the beginning date of the contract falls before the legal entry date (as recognized by the Office of Immigration of the Republic of Korea) the 12 months will begin on the day of your first workday.

2. Work Place
The Employer shall, at his or her discretion, designate the single work place. The Employee shall not engage in other jobs, including part time work or private tutoring during their employment period without the Employer�s agreement.



3. Work Hours and Over-time work
1) The workdays of the Employee are Monday through Friday, ( From 2 : 00 To 9 : 00 Pm ). Up to 6 classes a day, 30 working hours a week, 20 or 21 working days a month.


2) If the Employee does not want to work overtime, the Employer shall not force the employee to do so. When the Employee and the Employer reach a mutual agreement about working overtime, and the Employee does so, the Employer must pay the Employee for working overtime, according to Article 6 Clause 2.


3) The Employee shall attend no more than 4 staff meetings per month which are not held during working hours however this will not be considered as working overtime.



4)During the period of each vacation, the start of class hours shall be changed from
the afternoon to the morning, which starts at 9:00am and ends at 6:00 pm.

5) Even though less than 120 hours is given to the Employee within a month, the
Employee shall be paid with the mentioned salary in this contract, but rest of the
working hours will not be carried over to the next month.


4. Employee's duties
1) The Employee shall comply with the Employer's regulations and rules under the guide of the Director or Supervisor of the work place in order to perform their duties.

2) The Employee must to try to act with dignity as an English teacher acting in this manner during the whole time that the Employee works for the employer. The Employee shall comply with the laws, regulations and rules of Republic of Korea and shall not be involved in any illegal activities that might damage their visa status and the reputation of the Employer.



3) The Employee must observe her/his class schedules. Furthermore, the Employee shall attend staff meetings and prepare their classes as required on their own time.



4) In order to maintain the quality of lessons , one hour of preparation time prior to classes each day is required from the Employee . For this work accomplished right, The employee shall be asked to arrive in the school 1 hour earlier than the actual schedule. This preparation time is not included in the calculation of any overtime hours, which the employee may be required to work And keep record of their marks on the students� list. You should write report card for students once a month.



5) In the case that the Employee will be absent due to unexpected sickness or accident, the Employee is required to give prompt notice. If the Employee will be absent twice a month without the Employer�s permission, then 20,000 won per hour shall be deducted from the salary.



6) The Employee shall use only teaching materials provided by or recommended by the Employer. The use of supplemental materials is encouraged, but only after the Employer gives prior approval. The Employee shall submit the next month�s teaching plan at the end of every month.



7) During the class, The employee shall be prohibited to do their own personal things which are not related to the teaching performances.


The Employee shall not reveal information regarding her/his class to other person or to other institutes. In the events that the Employment was damaged by the Employee�s revealing to others, the Employee shall have the responsibility for compensating the Employment�s damage.

9) Always try to comply with your partner teacher�s request and school�s teaching plan.


10) During working hours, the Employee should be dressed properly as a teacher. Short pants, sandals, short skirts, and other kinds of clothes that are not suitable for Korean culture are prohibited.


5. Employer's Duties

1) The Employer shall provide the Employee with full support, shall respect the Employee's dignity and try to keep their relationship harmonious with the Employee.



2) The Employer shall pay the salary, as stated in this contract, and in case the Employee requests teaching materials, the Employer shall support these with utmost efforts.


3) The Employer acknowledges the differences of cultures and customs between the two parties. The Employer shall help the Employee to settle into their new residential and working circumstance. In the case of the Employee having trouble such as sickness and/or accident, the Employer is responsible for assisting the Employee.



4) The Employer shall not infringe on the Employee's privacy. In case the Employee brings disgrace on the Employer, the Employer shall have the right to ask the Employee to be fired.


5) In the event that a dispute arises, both parties shall try to their best to resolve it.


6. Wage
1) The Employee shall be paid 2.1 million won per month for the regular working hours on, or before, the 10th of each month. The first salary shall be paid according to the workdays the Employee worked. The last utility fee shall be deducted from the last salary.
2) Overtime from Monday through Friday shall be paid at the rate of 18,000 won per hour and paid with salary on the payment day. Overtime during weekend is 30,000 won per hour.

3) When the Employee completes the contract without breaking the contract, the Employer must pay a severance payment equal to one month�s salary, paid in full on the last working day. If the Employee does not complete the contract then this payment would not given.

4) The tax for severance payment and salary must be paid as described the Korean Tax laws. All wages are to be paid in Korean Won to the Employee�s designated Korean bank account.


7. Housing

The Employee will be provided with a non-shared house which is furnished with basic appliances.

2) The following furnishings are provided: bed and sheets, wardrobe, table, chair, sofa, VCR, TV, fan, refrigerator, gas range, washing machine, basic cooking facilities and utensils, and basic cleaning tools.


3) Monthly utilities for electricity, water, gas, oil and telephone bill are the Employee's responsibility. Furthermore, all the expense regarding his/her meals are also the Employee�s responsibility.

4) The Employee shall be responsible for maintenance of apartment, furniture and equipment. Any damage is the Employee�s responsibility.

5) Upon completion of this contract, the overdue for monthly utilities for electricity, telephone, water, gas, oil and Internet shall be deducted from the last month salary.


6) If the Employee previously owns a place to subsist, the Employee should be paid \ 200,000 Korean Won for the housing allowance with salary on the pay day.



8. Air Fare
Employee will be given an economy class ticket from the point of hire for passage on a regularly scheduled airline to Korea. In the event Employee completes the full contract period, Employer will purchase for the Employee an economy class ticket for passage to point of hire, provided the time of termination of employment. Employee's ticket back to point of departure is given when employee leaves employment.
In the event that the Employee continues employment under a subsequent employment with Employer, the return air ticket shall be provided at the time of completion of the subsequent contract period(s). If Employee were fired from the institute before the completion of twelfth months teaching session, employee will not be given a ticket to the point of departure.


9. Paid Vacation and Paid Leave

1) The Employee can get 10 days in total for a paid vacation while the Employee is under the contract. Half of the paid vacation will be according to the Employer�s schedule, during the period of the contract, and the rest 5 days must be scheduled under the agreement with the employer. National Holidays, Saturdays and Sundays shall not be included in a paid vacation.



2) Paid sick leave shall be 3 days during the period of the contract. A doctor's medical certificate for such absences shall be submitted to the Employer. However, if the period of leave from illness exceeds 3 days, those hours shall not be considered as paid sick leave.


3) With the exception of entitled paid vacation and sick leave, in the case that the Employee is absent, 120,000won per day shall be deducted from the salary.

4) Employees cannot take vacations during the summer and winter program. Vacations are allowed after 6months of the contract.


5) If the Employees does not complete the contract they shall reimburse 100,000won per day for the paid vacations day.


10. Income tax and Medical Insurance

1) Income tax shall be withheld from the salary at a rate 3.3 of % in accordance with Korean Tax Law. The Employee shall be provided with the receipts . Also Korean national Pension shall be withheld from the salary at a certain rate in accordance with National Pension Act.

2) The Employee shall be covered by medical benefits under the Korean Medical Insurance Union, Government Health Organization. Half of the premium shall be paid by the Employer with the other half paid by the Employee. The Employer shall deduct a certain rate of premium from Employee�s salary for his/her portion of the monthly premium in accordance with the Law of Employment of Foreigners and a receipt shall be provided to the Employee.



3) In the case that the Employee is injured from an accident or mishap outside of their normal work duties, the Employer shall have no responsibility for medical and/or hospital costs.

11. Cancellation

The Employer may cancel the contract due to the circumstances specified below:

1) In such a case as the Employee, or any the Employee's dependents, violates any laws of Republic of Korea.


2) In such a case as the Employee uses drugs, excluding those supplied by prescription, or alcohol during their work hours.

3) In such a case as the Employee makes sexual abuse or as regarding overly abusive language and violence that you relate with students or employees of the institute.


4) In such a case as continuation of working is determined impossible due to the Employee's mental and/or physical impairment.


5) In such a case as there is continued failure to keep regularly scheduled classes and/or the amount of unexcused absence exceeds 1 days.


6) In such a case as there are 3 times of warning or more from The Employer regarding the Employee�s behavior


7) In such a case as the Employee takes a sick-day before holidays or after holidays intentionally.(without a doctors note)


In such a case as the Employee does not carry out the responsibilities stipulated in the contract.
9)In case of failure to adhere to the above articles, the Employer shall notify to the Employee the cancellation of the contract in written form 15 days prior. The plane ticket and the severance payment shall not be given to the Employer.

12. Modifications and Termination

1) In case of modification, or termination, of the contract both parties must give 30 days prior written notice after mutual agreement between both parties.


2) In case the Employee�s death, war and/or any accident and that the Employee fails to acquire E-2 VISA, this contract shall be terminated.


3) The Employee can terminate this contract in the event the Employer does not follow this contract as stated herein, or in the case that the Employee is assaulted verbally, physically, and/or mentally by the Employer. If the contract is terminated by this case, the Employer shall give the Employee his/her release form.

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4) After Employee is notified with the termination of the contract, the Employee must finish all her/his duties before the contract is actually terminated.

5) Changes in the contract must be made in writing. Changes without any written form cannot be used as a basis for termination or court action.


13. Miscellaneous provisions

1) The governing language of this contract shall be English. The English contract shall govern the translation into any other language.


2) The Employer and the Employee will act in good faith toward each other. The Employer will not dismiss the Employee without reasons that are reasonably considered as a good cause and the Employee will do their utmost to satisfactorily fulfill all the responsibilities and meet all the conditions as described in the above agreement.


3) Duplicate copies of this contract are in effect. The Employee retains one copy and the Employer retains one copies. All copies must have the same beginning and ending dates.


The Employer and the Employee mutually agree on all the articles of this contract. In the event that and unresolved conflict arises, both parties shall follow the laws of the Republic of Korea to resolve it.

[wylies99]

Bad contract. First, you can get more money for teaching closer to Seoul. That's a lot of hours for pay that low.

[Lostone7]

Did you talk to the teachers there? THIS is the most important step!

if yes the one real big question most forget to ask!
"HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN AT THE SCHOOL?"

If less than 7 mths they know nothing.

Hwamyyy has a ton of schools! It is the rich area with two A level Public Schools in the area. It is far from everything but we manage becuase there are a ton of us in a small area.

I am not a fan of the Haggys ..........I say that up front.
But there are "good" ones and very bad ones here.

ALMOST all of the PS teacher re-signed for 2,3.4 year terms

and about half of the Hagwon schools in Hwamy change teachers every 5-7mths and 99% go home after there year...........Some very tired.


But in truth I do know some very very happy haggy peeps here.

if you want specific help ...........PM i don't mind making a phone call = )