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dcwm81
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 Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:54 pm Post subject: What can labor actually do? |
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My director is threatening to fire me. Fire me for not doing him a favor for work outside of my school, and not relating to teaching. I am now assuming WHEN he gives me my notice what can labor do about that? If I file a complaint will anybody care?
Also, what if he chooses not to pay me any money he owes me? Is that money lost forever, or can labor help me to force him to pay all money owed?
Anybody with any labor experience that could give me some advice?? |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: What can labor actually do? |
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| dcwm81 wrote: |
My director is threatening to fire me. Fire me for not doing him a favor for work outside of my school, and not relating to teaching. I am now assuming WHEN he gives me my notice what can labor do about that? If I file a complaint will anybody care?
Also, what if he chooses not to pay me any money he owes me? Is that money lost forever, or can labor help me to force him to pay all money owed?
Anybody with any labor experience that could give me some advice?? |
Labor has an English hot-line. I forget the number, though. Technically, if you have a problem with your boss and then contest the firing, he can't kick you out of the apartment. It protects you from having to leave your apartment. I can't tell you more than that, and if you are contesting, you will have to be able to hang on your own coin. I am sorry, that you are going through this, but Korean employers can often abuse their employees, Korean or foreign, but Koreans can easily leave and go elsewhere, if they choose, we don't have that luxury. Labor cannot force him to pay, but they can issue an opinion, and then you can go to court. Some employers don't want to go to court, and often will give the money, but, often, they won't and will contest forever. A friend of mine had to wait quite a while, and he still hasn't received his money. It is hard to predict these things. I went to Labour and got my money, but it was nerve-racking, and I had to wait over a month. I was lucky. Others have had to wait much, much longer. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: What can labor actually do? |
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| dcwm81 wrote: |
My director is threatening to fire me. Fire me for not doing him a favor for work outside of my school, and not relating to teaching. I am now assuming WHEN he gives me my notice what can labor do about that? If I file a complaint will anybody care?
Also, what if he chooses not to pay me any money he owes me? Is that money lost forever, or can labor help me to force him to pay all money owed?
Anybody with any labor experience that could give me some advice?? |
Labor has an English hot-line. I forget the number, though. Technically, if you have a problem with your boss and then contest the firing, he can't kick you out of the apartment. It protects you from having to leave your apartment. Labour, generally, would mail you and your boss a notice, and the problems should be resolved within a month between the parties. You and he should appear in front of Labour at some point. Often, the bosses don't show up. In most cases, these these things get resolved within a month and a half, but in some cases if it goes to the courts, it can take a while. However, I am not sure how things will be with the new visa laws. I hope the new government will talk the Western embassies and talk to people who know what problems teachers can run into to make things easier for us. If things are easier for us, then Koreans actually win. It is in the interest of Koreans that we stay as experienced teachers and not leave. However, some might leave in frustration never to return.. That would not be good...
The answers are not as simple under the new laws... |
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normalcyispasse
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Yeosu until the end of February WOOOOOOOO
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| I think you may have to take him to small-claims court if labor rules in your favor; labor doesn't actually enforce their own judgments. |
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buymybook
Joined: 21 Feb 2005
Location: Telluride
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| Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:03 am Post subject: Re: What can labor actually do? |
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| Adventurer wrote: |
| dcwm81 wrote: |
My director is threatening to fire me. Fire me for not doing him a favor for work outside of my school, and not relating to teaching. I am now assuming WHEN he gives me my notice what can labor do about that? If I file a complaint will anybody care?
Also, what if he chooses not to pay me any money he owes me? Is that money lost forever, or can labor help me to force him to pay all money owed?
Anybody with any labor experience that could give me some advice?? |
Labor has an English hot-line. I forget the number, though. Technically, if you have a problem with your boss and then contest the firing, he can't kick you out of the apartment. It protects you from having to leave your apartment. Labour, generally, would mail you and your boss a notice, and the problems should be resolved within a month between the parties. You and he should appear in front of Labour at some point. Often, the bosses don't show up. In most cases, these these things get resolved within a month and a half, but in some cases if it goes to the courts, it can take a while. However, I am not sure how things will be with the new visa laws. I hope the new government will talk the Western embassies and talk to people who know what problems teachers can run into to make things easier for us. If things are easier for us, then Koreans actually win. It is in the interest of Koreans that we stay as experienced teachers and not leave. However, some might leave in frustration never to return.. That would not be good...
The answers are not as simple under the new laws... |
"It protects you from having to leave your apartment"
Ha! Where did you hear that?
I have video tape evidence of my hagwon owner illegally entering my house. I filed a criminal complaint, submitted the CD evidence and the police and prosecutor found the criminal "not guilty." He later took my property outside, spit on me, kicked me and attempted to drag me outside like a dog. All of which I caught on video as I held the freakin camcorder in my hand. "Korea...SPARKLING" |
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