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[itiswhatitis]

It bothers me when bosses rip off their employees.

I want to report my old boss for not paying pension and health.

I know that I will likely have to also pay but that's OK.

Should I go to a government pension office in person?

Advice???

Thanks!!!!

[CentralCali]

Are you still in Korea? If so, are you working at a new place with a new visa already issued (assuming you were not on an F-series visa)? If so, simply go to the servicing pension office for the area where your old place of employment is and request a review of your pension account. You'll need to take with you proof of what you say is your salary. That's easily provided by taking your contract and your bankbooks with you to the pension office.

So, if the pension office agrees that you were shorted on pension payments or even didn't have any payments made, what you'll have to do is fork over your back-payments to your boss and then the boss will have to pay his payments and forward your payments to the pension office.

If you're not in Korea, you'll have a hard time getting that done. If you're still in Korea and you're not working on a new visa (assuming you were not on an F-series visa), then don't rock that boat just yet. Don't make your payments to the boss until the pension office investigator issues an order to both you and the boss to make the payments. If you do, you'll likely be the very last creditor to get paid, if at all, after the sod declares bankruptcy or simply transfers the business to his relative and then disappears from the world of employment for all practical purposes.

Depending on how egregious his conduct was--and no, shorting/stiffing you doesn't seem to be all that big a deal to the local office--he may get fined. Of course, if he gets fined, see above about your status as a creditor.