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no severance for this ps teacher after 1 year and 1 month
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twavelingteacher



Joined: 26 Jun 2007
Location: South Korea

PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 5:43 pm    Post subject: no severance for this ps teacher after 1 year and 1 month Reply with quote

my co teacher said my gepik contract does not clearly state that i should get severance and that it is the same thing as pension. so she says i will not get any severance pay. she said the standard gepik contract isn't clear enough.
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xCustomx



Joined: 06 Jan 2006

PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 5:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Then you need to show her article 8.6 from the contract:

"6.피고용자의 1년간 계약이 만료되면, 1년에 대하여 한달 (30일) 분의 평균임금을 퇴직금으로 지급한다.

6. Upon completion of a one-year contract, Employer shall pay Employee an extra 30 days’ average wage as a severance pay for Employee’s continuous employment of one year."

I don't think it could be any clearer than that. If your school still refuses to pay then you should contact Dain or Wenise
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twavelingteacher



Joined: 26 Jun 2007
Location: South Korea

PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 5:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

who is dain or wenise and what are their phone numbers or emails?
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ED209



Joined: 17 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 5:58 pm    Post subject: Re: no severance for this ps teacher after 1 year and 1 mont Reply with quote

Opps, sounds like someone spent the budget on restaurants and noraebangs.
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ttompatz



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea

PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 6:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

twavelingteacher wrote:
who is dain or wenise and what are their phone numbers or emails?


GEPIK Coordinator
Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education
Level 3, Schools Policy Division
15 Worldcup-gil, Jangan �gu
Suwon-si , Gyeonggi-do 440-702
Republic of Korea
Ph. 031-249-0044

Liaisons:
Dain Bae (middle and high schools) or Wenise Kim (elementary schools).

The severance is required under the terms of your contract (article Cool AND is REQUIRED BY LAW under the old article 34 of the labor standards act (now replaced by the Employee Retirement Benefit Security Act).

http://english.molab.go.kr/data/EmployeeRetirementBenefitSecurityAct.pdf

You get 1 month's pay for each FULL year worked.

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cdninkorea



Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 7:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ttompatz is right- even if there's nothing in your contract about severance pay, you're still legally entitled to it at the end of each year worked. Don't let them screw with you and
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)

PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 11:11 pm    Post subject: Re: no severance for this ps teacher after 1 year and 1 mont Reply with quote

twavelingteacher wrote:
1- my co teacher said my gepik contract does not clearly state that i should get severance
2- and that it is the same thing as pension.
3- so she says i will not get any severance pay..

1- It doesn't have to. It's written into the Labor Standards Act and is the law of the land.
2- The Labor office and the Pension office will vehemently disagree on that point. However, they will agree that your co-teacher is an idiot.
3- A filed complaint with the local Labor office will put that idiot in his place, and get you the money you have coming to you.
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pkang0202



Joined: 09 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Mon May 19, 2008 11:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've noticed in GEPIK that they consider "Severance" to be some gift from the prinicpal/school. They make it sound like it's a bonus and that you get it if you don't complain while they ram you in the ass.
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twavelingteacher



Joined: 26 Jun 2007
Location: South Korea

PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 3:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

forced a meeting with the principal and he straightened everything out. the co teacher was wrong and stubborn and a deceptive in some areas.

the coteachers are the big problem i think. my principal was on my side.
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Imrahil



Joined: 04 Feb 2008
Location: On the other side of the world.

PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 4:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good for you. That is what needed in this country, more people fighting for their rights.
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007

PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 4:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

twavelingteacher wrote:
forced a meeting with the principal and he straightened everything out. the co teacher was wrong and stubborn and a deceptive in some areas.

the coteachers are the big problem i think. my principal was on my side.


Exactly. The co-teacher was operating on ignorance and refused to admit that she didn't know what she's talking about. The principal--and the staff financial director--both know what's what.
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)

PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 4:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

CentralCali wrote:
The co-teacher was operating on ignorance and refused to admit that she didn't know what she's talking about.

And therein lies the major problem in face-saving cultures.
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mrsquirrel



Joined: 13 Dec 2006

PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 5:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

enjoy your last couple of weeks or days there then Razz Rolling Eyes Evil or Very Mad
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Big4Jerm3



Joined: 17 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for shining some light on the PS system. It seems as if most people believe that a PS cannot screw one over!
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spliff



Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 7:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PS"s have to abide by the contract 100%.
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