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tmk5025
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 Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 1:36 am Post subject: Getting Paid late |
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| I am currently in my 6 month of the contract and have been paid late three different times. I live in the Pohang area, the labor board did not speak to much English. I would like to leave and get a new job any ideas on about how to do this? The payments are a a couple days to almost two weeks. Thank you |
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YTMND
Joined: 16 Jan 2012
Location: You're the man now dog!!
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:01 am Post subject: |
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If they are paying, then labor board won't do anything. Don't spend all your money after payday, it won't affect you one bit.
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| I would like to leave and get a new job any ideas on about how to do this? |
Yes, resign. Give notice, usually 30 days. |
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Dodge7
Joined: 21 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:21 am Post subject: |
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| talk to management about it and see if after they pay you on time, if not, if you are still angry, leave. |
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Skippy
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:06 am Post subject: |
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| Details would help. How late is late? Where you ever given a reason for late pay? What about the school stability - loosing students, growning but slowly, etc. |
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cincynate
Joined: 07 Jul 2009
Location: Jeju-do, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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| As long as they are paying you, what is the big deal? Keep your eyes open for signs that the school is failing. Otherwise, if this is the only issue, I wouldn't make a big deal of it. Common practice in Korea, as I understand. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| YTMND wrote: |
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| have been paid late three different times |
If they are paying, then labor board won't do anything. Don't spend all your money after payday, it won't affect you one bit.
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| I would like to leave and get a new job any ideas on about how to do this? |
Yes, resign. Give notice, usually 30 days. |
The labor board won't help you until it's 14 days late and then you need to file against them. Sounds like a bad hogwan. Often they hold back pay to try to prevent runners. Have there been runners? If yes, that's a VERY bad sign. |
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YTMND
Joined: 16 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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| have been paid late three different times |
If they are paying, then labor board won't do anything. Don't spend all your money after payday, it won't affect you one bit.
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| I would like to leave and get a new job any ideas on about how to do this? |
Yes, resign. Give notice, usually 30 days. |
The labor board won't help you until it's 14 days late and then you need to file against them. Sounds like a bad hogwan. Often they hold back pay to try to prevent runners. Have there been runners? If yes, that's a VERY bad sign. |
This isn't really an issue unless they want to quit or they are a bad spender. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| have been paid late three different times |
If they are paying, then labor board won't do anything. Don't spend all your money after payday, it won't affect you one bit.
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| I would like to leave and get a new job any ideas on about how to do this? |
Yes, resign. Give notice, usually 30 days. |
The labor board won't help you until it's 14 days late and then you need to file against them. Sounds like a bad hogwan. Often they hold back pay to try to prevent runners. Have there been runners? If yes, that's a VERY bad sign. |
This isn't really an issue unless they want to quit or they are a bad spender. |
Delayed pay may keep some teachers out of bars but it can also cheat good people out of money they need to live. Either way, it's bad news.
Saving money is a good idea but if you don't get paid, in the first place, how can you save? |
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YTMND
Joined: 16 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| if you don't get paid, in the first place, how can you save? |
Look at the context of this thread. They are at the 6th month mark. This means they will have earned at least 12,000,000 won. This isn't a situation of them not being paid the first month.
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| Delayed pay may keep some teachers out of bars but it can also cheat good people out of money they need to live. |
Again, look at the context of the thread. They said 2 weeks late.
Contracts often say the 15th of the month. I prefer 10th, and I try to get paid by the 5th. However, if I am regularly getting paid and the school hasn't taken out a security deposit, what is the big problem with waiting 10 working days? It's about 1/4 the pay to your disadvantage if you want to leave. Does the original poster want to leave? Are they a bad spender?
I would never quit a job or complain if the school was good and the only problem was pay being 5 days later than I would have liked. There needs to be some other problems before sounding the alarm.
Being regularly paid late is a lot better than not being paid the first month and having to roll that over to the third month like they do with public schools because of the payment system. |
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The Sultan of Seoul
Joined: 17 Apr 2012
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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if you don't get paid, in the first place, how can you save?
Look at the context of this thread. They are at the 6th month mark. This means they will have earned at least 12,000,000 won. This isn't a situation of them not being paid the first month. |
If the teacher has loans / mortgage / credit card / other financial responsibilities to meet back home then this is a bad thing as;
A. Like a few ppl I know they are living on a small portion of their salary and using the rest to pay off debt.
B. A lot of these payments need to be made on a set date on a regular basis otherwise the payee incurs fines.
If they want the teacher to come in to work on a regualr basis they should pay them on a regular basis. |
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