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Mountain Mama
Joined: 20 Feb 2010
Location: South Korea
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 Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| hogwonguy1979 wrote: |
| Troglodyte wrote: |
No. She said that her contract refers to her as an "employee" not "contractor". With CDI, they tried to get around this by saying that the teachers were ICs because it said so in their contracts. The OP is clearly an employee.
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Her contract could say " Employees job title is to be "Queen of the Universe" but if they are witholding at the IC rate etc then she's an IC, thats where the problem lies.
until somebody in the Korean government gives a rats behind and makes things consistent then this will continue to happen |
I have been in the same situation. Trust me. If you go to the labor board they'll sort it out. Forget about this independent contractor garbage. Even if this is allowed in theory, the labor board doesn't seem to accept it in practice. AND even if it is allowed in practice by someone at the labor board, it's not up to your employer to change that status. Your contract says employee, so you're an employee. The law is the law and your employer is breaking it.
If you DO have health insurance, then I recommend that you don't rock the boat until you move on to your next job. It will be a lot less hassle for you if you don't have to deal with a boss with a grudge for a month or so while you're waiting to finish the current job. If you want, come up with some reason to find out if he's willing to pay into it. Maybe he just doesn't know what he's doing. If you want to know what the deductions from your pay are, get him to show you. Say that you'll need to show it when you get back to your home country for some tax purpose or whatever - e.g. so that you don't have to pay taxes twice.
Between now and then, keep all your pay slips. |
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sallymonster
Joined: 06 Feb 2010
Location: Seattle area
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:01 am Post subject: |
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| I'm actually moving back to the US when my contract finishes. I haven't entirely ruled out returning to Korea in the future, though. Of course, my boss, who is buying my plane ticket home, wants to buy the plane ticket for a departure on the day after my last day of work. |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: I have national health insurance, but no pension? |
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| sallymonster wrote: |
I've always read on here that NHIC health insurance and pension were tied together, so that if you had one you had the other (or something like that).
I have the national NHIC health insurance, and I have the card to prove it. However, I just checked my pension balance, and it hasn't received any contributions since June 2011, when I finished my previous job.
How is this possible? |
Contribution updates can take up to 3-4 months. Does anyone know the exact amount of time? |
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