Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Welshguy]

As the topic says.

Can you legally get a proportion of your severance pay should you be fired in the 9th month.

And yes, the contract says, "After 1 year of completed service, you are entitled to the severance pay."

I am not looking for some wise crack remarks.

If you have had any experience with this, I would really welcome your input.

Thanks

[SteveSteve]

Sucks about your job. I'm afraid you may not be entitled to your severance, even if you've been fired. The severance is supposed to be an incentive for completing a contract.

However if you have been making your Pension contributions, then you may still collect that. I'm not sure if all nationalities can do that (Americans can but I don't know about others), so 9 months worth should be a nice stack of coin. About 1.5 million or so.

[blackjack]

no the employer is under no legal obligation to give you a pro-rated severance unless you have worked for over a year and you did not get paid it at the end of that year

[Juregen]

You guys might want to talk to some people.

The law regarding severance has changed.

[blackjack]

[rowdie3]

You are out of luck. Severance is a year end bonus. You have to finish a year to get it. This is true for Korean employees too.

[Welshguy]

Just won my court case.

Can't tell you how much they have to pay, but it made my day.

Worked at an Elementary School for 2 years and 10 months.

The school refused to pay the pro rata 10 months severance pay.

The Labor Board ordered them to pay.

Just a heads up for everyone in this situation. As long as you have completed 1 year, you are entitled to a pro rata amount of severance pay for every month worked thereafter. Current Labor Law regulations as of March 2009.

[Son Deureo!]

[jonpurdy]

Yes, pro-rated is great. Unfortunately my school insists on paying each year rather than a lump sum at the end. I have to leave in the eleventh month of this year for grad school which means no severance.

[Ramen]