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I signed my original contract for 6/1, but couldn't arrive until 6/13...

The head teacher is saying we will destroy the old one and sign a new one AFTER I get my health certificate...I haven't worked yet bc I'm still on a week quarantine.

Anyone hear of anything like this?

I fear she's trying to see if I test positive, and I shouldn't bc I haven't done any narcotics, but with the possibility of a false positive from something, I'm a little nervous.

She said, "If there is a problem with your health, then we have no contract."

However, the contract clearly states that you have 90 days to get your health cert/ARC...

Any thoughts?[/u]

[Ramen]

I suppose it's ok to change the date on the contract. The starting date should be your date of arrival at your school.

However, make sure your contract starts on 6/13/09 and ends on 6/12/10.

I've seen many people get screwed on severence because they'd only change the start date and not the end date from 6/13/09 to 5/29/10 which is not a year.

[greasypeanut]

if you havent done any drugs or anything, and know ur healthy, you should be fine. they are just a little worried about catching any of your american illnesses, if you have any at all.

and i suggest getting your health check asap, because at least in my case, my coteacher has told me i cant sign up for internet, tv, cell phone until i have my arc card

[geldedgoat]

Something very similar happened to me just yesterday. I was told (according to the contract I received from GEPIK and my POS recruiter) that my first day of work would be June 1st, and I arrived in Korea a couple days before that. The day after I got here, my recruiter tells me that the (sole) English teacher at my school would be busy until June 18th. Strange, but I didn't have any problem with not working during that time. Well, the 18th just rolled around, and the school wanted me to sign a new contract (exactly the same) and briefly mentioned and dismissed the idea of changing the start date. A couple hours later, my recruiter calls me to tell me that I should let them change the start date. I politely said, "No." It's not my problem that the school didn't want to use me, but I was told to get here by the first of the month, I was here, and I've been incurring expenses since that time. The school seems okay with it... maybe I'm just lucky.

You weren't in Korea when you were supposed to be, so maybe you should be open to changing the start date to the date of your arrival... but under no circumstances should you let them change it to the day after you get your medical check. Those are the kinda games hagwons play... don't put up with that at public schools.

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