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lindihop · Joined: 29 May 2008 Location: South Korea

I'm coming to the end of my first public school contract with EPIK (not resigning) with my year being up on Decenber 3rd.

My last months salary should go into my bank account on Tuesday 25th November.

Regarding the severance payment, of one months additional pay, I've been told I won't get this until my last day of the contract (December 3rd) and that as this is a new month it will have a months deductions of tax and pension et al taken from it.

Is this the norm?

I am also still waiting on the reimbursement of my plane ticket home. I submitted this a couple of weeks ago, but have also been told that this will be payed on the last day of my contract along with my severance payment.

Again, is this the normal procedure within the public school system.

Any advice of those who've gone before would be appreciated.

Ramen · Joined: 15 Apr 2008

Nothing is set in stone in this country. It varies from school to school.

Some schools deduct taxes from your severance and some don't. Some schools pay final months salary and severance together on 25th. Some schools pay your airfare immediate upon presentation of your itinerary receipt and some don't. Some schools will pay your airfare and severance after you've left Korea (cross your fingers).

It varies....

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

Scotticus · Joined: 18 Mar 2007

Well, I can't find anything use the search function, so I'll ask in this thread because it's kind of relevant:

You get paid one month's salary per year at a job, right? So two years = two month's salary by law, correct?

I_Am_The_Kiwi · Joined: 10 Jun 2008

Your lucky you get all your money when you finish.

Im with EPIK and have to wait until I am BACK HOME before they re-imburse me for my flight and pay my severance, even though i just gave them my flight receipts.....

Gonna lose out on the exchange rate by that time. Fuckn BS i think. All money should be paid up before we leave the country.

lindihop · Joined: 29 May 2008 Location: South Korea

I'll ring the jokers in EPIK today (although I probably already know it's a lost cause with those dolts) to see if there is some standard policy laid down. You would presume there would be since they are supposebly co-ordinating the show, though when I rang them about claiiming pension credits back as a Brit (or having it added to my UK pension fund) the zoom I spoke to was worse than useless, however he did ask me to contact him again when I'd researched the issues myself so he could update his records as he said he was always getting asked about it?!

They're as useful as tats on a nun.

teachergirltoo · Joined: 28 Oct 2006

Scotticus · Joined: 18 Mar 2007

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

marlow · Joined: 06 Feb 2005

teachergirltoo · Joined: 28 Oct 2006

Sorry. I think I misunderstood your initial question. I thought you meant, do they give you a parting package, as in Canada where a person is often paid one months salary for each year they have worked for a company. For example, if a person made $4000 per month for 3 years they would part with a package of $12,000. Anyways, the two above posters explained it properly. My mistake.