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 Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 3:21 am Post subject: Public Holidays that fall on a weekend & Hogwans |
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hi forum experts,
if anyone can please advise...
if a public holiday falls on a weekend does monday automatically become a public holiday or do hogwan teachers get a day in lieu (a day they can take off at a later date which will count towards public holidays , and not against the 10days of vacation)?
thanks for any answers
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 3:34 am Post subject: Re: Public Holidays that fall on a weekend & Hogwans |
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| depth wrote: |
hi forum experts,
if anyone can please advise...
if a public holiday falls on a weekend does monday automatically become a public holiday or do hogwan teachers get a day in lieu (a day they can take off at a later date which will count towards public holidays , and not against the 10days of vacation)?
thanks for any answers
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In Korea, no-one LEGALLY gets a day in lieu (as in there is NO provision for this in the labor standards acts). The only exception would be one done by presidential decree and I don't see that happening any time soon.
If they fall on a weekend, oh well, such is life.
It will really suck to work here in 2009 (the majority of national holidays (red days) fall on a weekend).
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depth
Joined: 01 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 3:39 am Post subject: |
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that is b s . what is the point of a public holiday if it falls on a weekend and can't be used on the monday or day in lieu??
surely someone or a workplace group have raised this before?? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 3:59 am Post subject: |
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that is b s . what is the point of a public holiday if it falls on a weekend and can't be used on the Monday or day in lieu??
surely someone or a workplace group have raised this before?? |
It is only the rich people and foreigners who get weekends off already. Saturday is just another workday for most (including real school teachers and ALL students).
Most people here still work 6 days a week (and some work 7) so they get and enjoy the day off - even if it is on the weekend. You are only LEGALLY entitled to 1 day off per month (under the labor standards act).
If you don't like it.... marry a Korean, live on your F2 for a couple years, switch to an F5 and then lobby for change OR... just stay on your side of the planet where things fit your sense of how things should be.
This ain't Kansas here Toto... Life really is different when you get off the airplane and they have a different rule book to play by. Get with the program or it WILL bite you in the ass.
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Oh, and feel free to ignore my advice.... I'm just a newbie here too...
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Ut videam
Joined: 07 Dec 2007
Location: Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 4:26 am Post subject: |
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| It is ironic, though, that the number of "red days" was reduced because Korea had (putatively) adopted the five-day work week, so fewer holidays were supposedly necessary. |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| It is only the rich people and foreigners who get weekends off already. Saturday is just another workday for most (including real school teachers and ALL students). |
Well my boyfriend sure as heck isn't rich, but he only works one Saturday every six weeks or so.
As for the every other Saturday half day plan that schools (in Gyeonggi-do at least) are on, isn't that supposed to change soon? |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 12:32 pm Post subject: Re: Public Holidays that fall on a weekend & Hogwans |
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| depth wrote: |
hi forum experts,
if anyone can please advise...
if a public holiday falls on a weekend does monday automatically become a public holiday or do hogwan teachers get a day in lieu (a day they can take off at a later date which will count towards public holidays , and not against the 10days of vacation)?
thanks for any answers
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I lost many paid holidays last year due to them falling on the weekend and Korea does not push them ahead or back to a Friday or Monday to make long weekends like common on the American calendar. There were only 2 long weekends; Lunar New Year 3 day and Chuseok was a long 5 day holiday though it usually is only 2 or 3 days on a given year.
Never did a holiday fall on Monday or Friday to allow a long weekend. In fact, many fell on Saturday to make a long 2 day weekend as Sunday is considered a red day or a once a week holiday with Saturday being considered the last work day of week. Korea has a 6 day work week with many working 7 days a week and you are privileged if you're working only 5 days a week despite the calendar not offering breaks like you get in western countries. |
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KimchiExplosion
Joined: 01 Jul 2007
Location: Nowhere near Seoul
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Didn't we just have two three-day weekends this month? |
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jkelly80
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Didn't we just have two three-day weekends this month? |
Where are you from Jane? I forgot. |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I haven't worked five straight in 5 weeks, and the next two weeks area also 4 days. It's freaky how many holidays Korea has. And then the special ones like today. My schools birthday. No classes. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| depth wrote: |
that is b s . what is the point of a public holiday if it falls on a weekend and can't be used on the monday or day in lieu??
surely someone or a workplace group have raised this before?? |
ttompatz is correct. Going on eight years here and that's how they've always done it. If a holiday falls on a weekend...then that's just how it is and it is NOT pushed forwards or another day given in lieu.
Yep, next year is sure going to bite.  |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| I haven't worked five straight in 5 weeks, and the next two weeks area also 4 days. It's freaky how many holidays Korea has. And then the special ones like today. My schools birthday. No classes. |
My school's birthday was on a Tuesday but they bumped it to Saturday instead.  So they can bump, but they pick really awful times to do it! |
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depth
Joined: 01 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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This ain't Kansas here Toto... Life really is different when you get off the airplane and they have a different rule book to play by. Get with the program or it WILL bite you in the ass.
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Oh, and feel free to ignore my advice.... I'm just a newbie here too...
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sorry ttompatz...my bad. please accept my apologies for my outburst.
have always appreciated the spot on advice you so freely give to me and many others.
the frustration was at loosing days off...certainly not the accuracy of your advice....apologies again for the misunderstanding
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Draz wrote: |
| poet13 wrote: |
| I haven't worked five straight in 5 weeks, and the next two weeks area also 4 days. It's freaky how many holidays Korea has. And then the special ones like today. My schools birthday. No classes. |
My school's birthday was on a Tuesday but they bumped it to Saturday instead. So they can bump, but they pick really awful times to do it! |
But your school's birthday is NOT a national holiday and there is no provision in law for days off in lieu.
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