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ekul · Joined: 04 Mar 2009 Location: [Mod Edit]

I'm trying to postpone my 14 day resigning holiday from October to December.

Now last winter my school finished on the 24th of December and I foolishly thought it would be the same date this year. However it turns out school finishes on 30th instead. Now it doesn't matter so much, because I was going to have my two weeks at the back end of December when nothing real goes on. Yet it turns out the 14 day holiday is inclusive of weekends AND national holidays. Which basically screws me out of a holiday/pay.

So my question is, does Korea use 'in lieu of' for the times where you are forced to work a holiday? Pretty much I'd like to get paid twice for Christmas day or be given a different day off. I just wanna know if the concept is alien to Koreans and if I mentioned it would come across as some crazy waegook trying to get more money or extra holidays. The fact my new co-teacher is a stickler for the guide book hasn't helped this situation, my previous handler wouldn't have given a shit and let me have 15 days holiday instead.

nobbyken · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Location: Yongin ^^

Don't take your annual leave on public holidays.
The public holidays can benefit you if you don't use your holidays on the 25th of Dec. or the 1st of Jan., meaning you can get a longer break for your days.

How about taking your 14 days from the 2nd of Jan.? You wouldn't be back in school till Mon. 18th.

ekul · Joined: 04 Mar 2009 Location: [Mod Edit]

Yes, but that doesn't really answer the question. If I had a holiday back home that coincided with a bank holiday I'd get paid twice for that day. Once because it's part of my annual leave and again because it's a bank holiday. Here though we get shafted. Most people who work bank holidays get paid double or triple time and THEN earn a day in lieu, effectively getting triple or quadruple pay.

The reason I have to take Christmas day as part of my renewal leave is because if I take the 2 weeks before Christmas off I'd have to come back and teach for 3 more days before the vacation begins. Whereas in reality I want to use my two weeks winter holiday to stay at home. Basically having the 17th of Dec to the 17th of Jan.

nobbyken · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Location: Yongin ^^

Yes, sorry for the lame reply.

How much annual leave were you going to take along with your 14 days?
From your last post, it sounds like your trying to stretch 14 days into a month holiday!

The teacher next to me tells me I have a public holiday the coming Sat. and Sun. even though I never work on these days! There is no 'in lieu' unless you are on good terms with your boss.

lifeinkorea · Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Location: somewhere in China

There are going to be days when your employer will want you to work extra hours. Even if they pay, you aren't really obligated to do these extra days/hours.

After doing a few of them, requesting time off is easier so long as it doesn't adversely affect the students. You need to think how the students will be taught, what will they being doing, etc...

I was able to get Fridays off cause they only scheduled like 2 classes. Instead, they added 2 hours between Monday and Thursday. Can't beat 3 day weekends.

Hanson · Joined: 20 Oct 2004

^ At uni's, we're on paid vacation during Xmas and New Year's. We don't get paid extra for those days and we can't take that holiday at a later date, because we're already getting paid for being on holiday.

Not sure if that answers your question, but I thought I;'d put that out there.

Also, even when holidays fall on a weekend, it's not like we can move that holiday and take a paid Monday off...