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[thelaststraw]

Hey, myself and well all the other foreign teachers at my hagwan are constantly carted around town to teach in various venues. Some are at companies, some at university, and most at local middle schools, my question is whether this is legal or not. The teachers as of late have all been very upset with the school (for too many reasons to list, pension or medical not being paid one of them) and i am just wondering if there is anything that we can do about this issue. Some teachers are spending up to about 10 hours a week just in driving time around the city in the school bus going from company to company. We have all mentioned the issue to the boss only to get the obligatory responses. Also i know that these places are not listed on our ARC's so can they really being doing this anyway. Also some of these places are paying the teachers directly into their accounts and the school requires us to transfer the funds to the schools account, and of course the amount that we finally get is so much lower (sometimes only about 15%).
I'm thinking its time to organize.....
Thanks for any advice.

[laogaiguk]

You are being taken for a ride, and getting buttf-ed at the same time. I would resign immediately and find another job. You can easily find something better.

[Hater Depot]

You're definitely being screwed. Resigning is not a bad choice, but if you don't feel like busting out the nuclear option yet, tell your boss you won't work at any other locations unless

a) it's on your ARC
b) you get paid adequately for travel time and expense

Then you can contact the Pension Office, and they can force compliance on that issue.


...of course you'll likely be fired for doing all that.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

What you're doing is highly illegal and there's a good chance it will get you deported. Resign and tell your boss that if he doesn't give you a letter of release immediately you will report him to immigration.

[laogaiguk]

[yesman]

Because we're teaching illegally at other locations, I'm wondering what kind of trouble we could get in, as employees, if we were to bring this to outside attention. Anyone know?

Also, would it be advisable to go to the labor board first, or present the issue to our boss first?

[yesman]

Ah, I just read the two former posts that appeared...

[Mashimaro]

[laogaiguk]

[thelaststraw]

Well i do know that i have had to give them my ARC a couple of times, so i always just assumed that they were taking care of the legalities around working outside of the school but there is nothing on the back of my card, other than the dates where it has been extended.
The other thing and this may come as a huge shock to anyone who has ever worked in a hagwan but my boss can be a little hard to deal with.....
Also i am only a couple months shy of finishing my 3rd contract with the same school so i dont want to quit now and loose out on my ticket and bonus. I was blindly thinking i was being treated fairly until recently when i guess my boss has realised that im not resigning and now the fun has began.........

[ChuckECheese]

[BigBuds]

[JeJuJitsu]

Which proverb do you refer to in your "ride?"

[thelaststraw]

Is there any way to confirm that we are really legally teaching in all these locations. Asking the director directly is not really a safe option as any dissension in the ranks could warrant a flogging at best......ANy ideas

[laogaiguk]