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[Weigookin74]

Friendship or not, money is money. You might tolerate a couple of weeks late once in a while if they have a good track record of paying you. But, go to the labor board soon. You are more generous than I would have been. I would have demanded payment much sooner given the bad rep of some hakwons here.

[young_clinton]

What do you do? Keep focused on the important things like references for other jobs, and also realize that the issue being ~1200 Won there is nothing you can do about it but serve out your contract and find another job. That is if you decide you don't want to stay. You might check if she is sending the money she takes out for your taxes to the government. Also is she paying into the national health insurance scheme if that was in the contract.

[Troglodyte]

If the owner declares bankruptcy then the court will order her to liquidate the school's assets and pay out to the various people who are owed money. The problem is that there won't be enough to go around and your severance money won't be a priority compared to regular salaries owed. Plus, she'll likely try to hide as much of the money as possible.

If it looks like the place is going down the toilet, then get out and claim your money while there's still money to claim. If you quit today and she refused to pay you, you could go to court and the courts would tell her to pay you. If she doesn't comply within a certain amount of time then the court would order her bank to transfer the money to you. If there's not enough money in her accounts then the repo men are sent in to do their job. The thing is, if she owes you 5 million Won then she can probably come up with that much. In the big scheme of things, 5 million isn't an extreme amount for a business to have. She likely even has it in the bank. BUT if she owed EVERYONE 5 million Won then there won't be enough for everyone. Get the picture? Grab the money while you still can.