| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
liz88
Joined: 30 Jan 2011
|
 Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:30 pm Post subject: Is it normal for a school to reimburse your flight... |
 |
|
| or should they purchase it for you before you leave. I'm reviewing some contracts and they say they'll reimburse you once you arrive but is this normal...how do you trust that.?? |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
|
| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:36 pm Post subject: Re: Is it normal for a school to reimburse your flight... |
|
|
| liz88 wrote: |
| or should they purchase it for you before you leave. I'm reviewing some contracts and they say they'll reimburse you once you arrive but is this normal...how do you trust that.?? |
For a public school it it standard and there are no worries about being left at the airport and told there is no job.
I would NOT do it for a hagwan - too many horror stories.
That said, there are some who do without problems but I still wouldn't.
. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
corporateslv
Joined: 07 Feb 2011
|
| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:06 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I have a question in the same vein....
We are coming with two children. Based on what we are seeing with flights, with 1.3m x 2 we should be able to cover maybe three out of the 4 tickets. However, I am just curious, do they just give 1.3m or do they only reimburse for the face value of the ticket up to 1.3?
Stace |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
|
| Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:15 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| 1.3 regardless of ticket cost. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
|
| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:18 am Post subject: |
|
|
| If it's a hogwon, definitely don't buy your own ticket. If they don't give you a round trip ticket, don't accept the job. Plenty of other places WILL give you a round trip ticket. Without it, there's nothing keeping the school from ditching you at the last minute because they found someone else, or from firing you after a couple months. Sure, one day they might unexpectedly fire you on the spot anyway but at least in that situation you have a way back home. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
|
| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:14 am Post subject: |
|
|
| corporateslv wrote: |
I have a question in the same vein....
We are coming with two children. Based on what we are seeing with flights, with 1.3m x 2 we should be able to cover maybe three out of the 4 tickets. However, I am just curious, do they just give 1.3m or do they only reimburse for the face value of the ticket up to 1.3?
Stace |
Public school - depends on what your contract says and this year there ARE differences (depending on which version your school used or if you used the current EPIK/GEPIK contract (and even then there are minor differences).
If it says they give you 1.3 then you get 1.3.
If they say reimbursement then you get the receipt value.
. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
|
| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:19 am Post subject: |
|
|
Good hogwans and public schools do not prepay airfare. You should not expect your airfare to be prepaid. You should be reimbursed within your first week on the job.
There have been too many cases of dishonest teachers taking the airfare and not showing up, or hopping off in Japan and using the prepaid airfare as a free ride.
Dishonest teachers who failed to pay their bills, due to runners or just leaving without paying, caused greater restrictions in the provision of utilites and cell phones to foreigners.
Pubic schools and many hogwans withhold large housing deposits due to damages and dishonesty by teachers.
Teachers whining about the legal 30% reduction in pension contributions due to the 30% exclusion caused the 30% income exclusion for foreign workers to be repealed. This has resulted in a large increase in income taxes paid by all.
Two or three incidents involving teachers and young children caused the much more restrictive and difficult visa paperwork process that affects us all - and ironically, the changes would not have kept any of the offenders out if the changes had been in effect at the time they came.
Recent changes in the visa process are likely to result in changes to the airfare system. Over time we will likely see a change to reimbursement following 6 months employment or possibly no airfare provided at all.
All it takes is a few rotten apples. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
|
| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:53 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Yes, Koreans are in no way whatsoever responsible for their own actions and overreactions towards NETs, ontheway. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
|
| Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:02 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Son Deureo! wrote: |
| Yes, Koreans are in no way whatsoever responsible for their own actions and overreactions towards NETs, ontheway. |
Reasonable reactions:
Good hogwans and public schools do not prepay airfare. You should not expect your airfare to be prepaid. You should be reimbursed within your first week on the job. There have been too many cases of dishonest teachers taking the airfare and not showing up, or hopping off in Japan and using the prepaid airfare as a free ride.
Dishonest teachers who failed to pay their bills, due to runners or just leaving without paying, caused greater restrictions in the provision of utilites and cell phones to foreigners.
Pubic schools and many hogwans withhold large housing deposits due to damages and dishonesty by teachers.
Overreactions:
Teachers whining about the legal 30% reduction in pension contributions due to the 30% exclusion caused the 30% income exclusion for foreign workers to be repealed. This has resulted in a large increase in income taxes paid by all.
Two or three incidents involving teachers and young children caused the much more restrictive and difficult visa paperwork process that affects us all - and ironically, the changes would not have kept any of the offenders out if the changes had been in effect at the time they came.
Recent changes in the visa process are likely to result in changes to the airfare system. Over time we will likely see a change to reimbursement following 6 months employment or possibly no airfare provided at all.
And still, all it takes is a few rotten apples. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
