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[toreanfinance]

I've searched around to find out what info I can about changing jobs, but basically my situation is that I am currently working at a place that I hate, however I have a way better opportunity to work at a new school.

So I would like to transfer contracts or visas or something but basically I would like to know all the paperwork involved in doing this and whatnot. Especially with that new letter that they sent out.

From what I found you need to have a letter of release, is there any way around that? My current president does not want to let me transfer, despite the fact that it would probably be a better business decision for his school to not have to pay for all the teachers it currently has.

[toreanfinance]

Update:

So the new job is lined up, contract is waiting for me. However I my boss won't give me a new release letter. I don't have all my documents lined up for immigration so I don't really want to leave the country to get a new visa. So from what I know I need a complaint letter in order to leave.

I thought my boss would give me a release letter, I work at an english village and we are only busy 2 months in the winter and 2 in the summer. So currently they could save money by letting me leave. However my boss didn't agree and won't let me get released.

My question is that if I leave with a complaint letter what happens to my coworkers, the place I work, how bad does my complaint need to be in order for the immigration office to accept it and such.

[aaron.southkorea]

Please see: http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=200348&sid=e58b8b741e2c472fb7e44eea9df1d42a

Or myriad other posts that detail what to do: Leave the country, turn in ARC and ask them to cancel your visa, return to Korea, have new school apply for new visa, wait for issuance number, visa run, done. You must have all new required documents. You said you don't have them so your options are limited: beg, barter, flatter, do anything for an LOR or you'll have to get all new documents to reapply for a new visa.

I don't know about a complaint letter in lieu of an LOR allowing you to transfer your visa, and I did a fair amount of research and communication with immigration when I went through something similar a few months back. But perhaps it does exist. And what are you referring to with:

[ttompatz]

The "complaint" has to be a valid complaint filed with the labor board and adjudicated in your favor.

Examples would be:
a) breaches of labor law (better read up on it)
b) unpaid wages (more than 2 weeks late to complain and more than 30 days late to leave).
c) violations of criminal law against you by the employer (assault, etc).

Just bitching about work won't cut it.

3 choices:
1) Stay and tough it out.
2) Get new documents, leave, return, begin the visa process again.
3) kiss ass enough to actually get a release.

Pick one.
.

[toreanfinance]

Thanks for the advice,

I am not completely sure if this place has violated labor law with my situation. They did move a teacher to another school and I am pretty sure it is without letting the government know.

Mostly what was done in my case was our original contract said Mondays to Fridays 10-6, Weekends as off days. Now we work whatever days they schedule and get off days when kids don't visit the place.

The biggest thing among other things was overtime hours which we should get paid for at X amount, now they give us hours back later in the week sometimes. However January was so busy that in one instance I worked 24 hrs in a 2 day stretch.

This is new job is really good, but time sensitive which is why I don't have time I think to leave and do the new visa thing.

At this point I am leaning towards just sticking it out and going home when my contract is up, and never working for this person ever again.

What do you think I should do?