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squiggles
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 Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:09 am Post subject: GEPIK Resignation |
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| I am planning to resign from my public school position soon. I will give notice, but cannot give a full two months as is required by the contract. If I give less then the full 60 day notice, will I still be entitled to get back my 90,000 won deposit? |
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sobriquet
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Location: Nakatomi Plaza
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:08 am Post subject: |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:26 pm Post subject: Re: GEPIK Resignation |
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| squiggles wrote: |
| I am planning to resign from my public school position soon. I will give notice, but cannot give a full two months as is required by the contract. If I give less then the full 60 day notice, will I still be entitled to get back my 90,000 won deposit? |
90,000 or 900,000? |
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squiggles
Joined: 29 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Sorry, it was 900,000. I'm confused as to why I wouldn't get it back. I have been here 7 months, and after 6 months, I assumed they would owe it to me. Can you explain why I won't get it? |
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sobriquet
Joined: 16 Feb 2007
Location: Nakatomi Plaza
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:01 pm Post subject: Re: GEPIK Resignation |
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| squiggles wrote: |
| I am planning to resign from my public school position soon. I will give notice, but cannot give a full two months as is required by the contract. If I give less then the full 60 day notice, will I still be entitled to get back my 90,000 won deposit? |
Answer is in your OP.
You are not giving the full notice as per the contract.
Then again you might be lucky......... |
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Korussian
Joined: 15 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:11 am Post subject: Re: GEPIK Resignation |
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| squiggles wrote: |
| I am planning to resign from my public school position soon. I will give notice, but cannot give a full two months as is required by the contract. If I give less then the full 60 day notice, will I still be entitled to get back my 90,000 won deposit? |
That's kind of a grey area, I think. What's for sure is that you no longer have to return your 300,000won settlement allowance after 6 months.
The 900,000won deposit is technically meant to cover midnight-run & foreigner-screw-up expenses, like outstanding bills, damage to the apartment, etc. If you tie up all your loose ends and leave a clean apartment in good condition, there's a chance you can get back your deposit.
Unless you contact GEPIK about this yourself, this decision comes down to the mood of your individual head teacher, VP, and principal. When you give your partial notice, ask them what it will take for you to get back your deposit. Remind them that the deposit is not intended as punishment for breaking your contract (which you are doing by not giving full notice), and that in fact it would go against Korean labor law if used that way.
Will it work? Maybe yes and maybe no. If you've got a poor relationship with your handlers, then assume that's a no, and maybe get pleasantly surprised if it works out for you. |
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wylies99
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:43 am Post subject: |
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Be smart and DON'T contact GEPIK. They will side with your school.
If they don't give you all of your deposit money then file with Labor. |
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Korussian
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:48 am Post subject: |
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| wylies99 wrote: |
Be smart and DON'T contact GEPIK. They will side with your school.
:roll:
If they don't give you all of your deposit money then file with Labor. |
Sorry, I should have been more clear in my response above. If you do contact GEPIK yourself, then you're rolling loaded dice. Wylies99 is right - it's best to handle this with your school. |
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wylies99
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:58 am Post subject: |
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Wow. Someone actually AGREED with me. 
OP, make sure you have all of your bills paid up and no damage in your apartment. TAKE PICTURES.
I would give this advice to ANYONE in ANY moving out situation with a deposit on the line. |
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pkang0202
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:03 am Post subject: |
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| 60 days is F-ing ridiculous. |
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wylies99
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:08 am Post subject: |
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OP, if you go to Labor with this, you'll win. 
Just have proof. |
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sweetiesmith
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 6:56 am Post subject: |
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| which public school where working out at? |
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squiggles
Joined: 29 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for your advice and input. It is a gurantee that the school wont give me back the deposit unless they are legally obligated to do so. The school I work for is awful, and I have had mulitple issues since the day I started. I am worried that they will invent a complaint about the apartment. When I moved in, my apartment was in pretty bad condition, the previous teacher had not even bothered to wah the dirty dishes in the sink before she left. I spent 2 days scrubbing down the place, cleaning out the closets, drawers, etc. I wish I had taken photos of the apartment when I first moved in, so that I could show proof of the improvement. Despite all of the cleaning, the apartment still has damage, due to the previous tecahers who have lived there.
Filing with Labor seems like a hassle, and will proabably take too much time. I am planning to leave the county next month. I guess I will suck it up and watch the deposit money fly out the window. I'm angry, but what can I do? I signed the contract. 60 days is such a long time though. The most ridicules part is that the school only has to give me like 2 weeks notice if they want to fire me. Unbelievable. |
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Rusty Shackleford
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Don't even mention the deposit money. Just offer your resignation and see what they say. You bringing it up will make it an issue. If you must bring it up, sandwich it in the middle of a heap of other questions. If you make it an issue, it will become one. They aren't likely to actively try and screw you over. |
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squiggles
Joined: 29 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
| They aren't likely to actively try and screw you over. |
Trust me, they will... you don't know my school. It's more than likely that I won't even recieve a full, final paycheck. It will probably be about 1/3 what they owe me. The reason I posted the original message was to see if I am legally entitled to the deposit, as they will not give it to me otherwise. I also paid a 150,000 won deposit on my apartment when I arrived. I was told that this was going directly to the apartment building, but I am assuming I wont be getting that back either? |
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