Korean Job Discussion Forums

[AsiaESLbound]

It's 10,730 a month for me, but the amount depends on your pay level. I was told they just started requiring foreigners to pay into Korea's unemployment program from January 2011 even though we will never qualify for unemployment benefits. I actually had to pay my co-teacher cash as the admin chief forgot to deduct it from January pay. No big issue, but just demonstrates how every thing becomes increasingly a bit more expensive and complicated in time like how it is anywhere else.

[grandpa]

They say that if you put a frog into a pot of boiling water,
it will leap out right away to escape the danger.

But, if you put a frog in a kettle that is filled with water that is cool and pleasant,
and then you gradually heat the kettle until it starts boiling,
the frog will not become aware of the threat until it is too late.
The frog's survival instincts are geared towards detecting sudden changes.

[OculisOrbis]

Does this also mean we are now allowed to draw from this benefit? or just pay for it, but be excluded?

[bobbybigfoot]

We are all frogs being slowly boiled alive.

[Ramen]

i will eat the frogs with go-chu-jang.

[winterfall]

Are you guys seriously complaining about helping the poor? So what if we don't get anything back. We pay for crap all the time that has no bearing on us whatsoever. E.g. Brits, Kiwis, and probably aussies pay pension every month with no refund, neither do we benefit from VAT taxes, and the income tax in general is used for a huge social budget that doesn't target foreigners.. Assuming you make 1.8 a month, your tax rate is .006%, that's a drop in the bucket compared to everything else. If anything we should be paying more

[BoholDiver]

Then you wouldn't mind paying my share?

Seriously, if this is true (I have to do my own research) that we pay in and can not get out, that is horse manure.

[Stan Rogers]

[CentralCali]

You were told by whom? When my worthless, cheating, thieving, liar of a hagweon boss pulled that stunt back in 2005, she missed the nifty bit about unemployment insurance being voluntary at the time. As we three E-2 holders wouldn't be able to benefit from having the insurance, we certainly didn't volunteer for it.

[Junior]

[Skipperoo]

[shifty]

That's one benefit of private contractor status, the unemployment insurance is not applicable.

Undoes the 3.3% tax anomaly somewhat.

[ontheway]

It could be true we have to pay this new tax, but this would have to be a very recent change. My wonjangnim says that no such notice has been sent to our school. Korean employees are covered and E2 visa teachers are still exempt.

[Wiltern]

[Wiltern]