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[EZE]

Has anyone had any luck at the pension office? I took my contracts to the pension office near Yatap station and had no luck. Despite my contracts, work visas, and bank history, they say there's no proof I ever worked at these schools because I'm not in the pension office's system. When I asked the lady, "Why don't you or another pension agent come to the schools with me? The students can confirm I worked there when I say I did even if the directors deny it." She said, "No."

[YTMND]

Either you are too late, you waited 12 months and had an epiphany to check with the pension office now, or you are early on and the school needs to register you.

In the future, check this stuff the 2nd month.

[ontheway]

[EZE]

[ontheway]

[Skippy]

[ontheway]

[wylies99]

The pension office takes their info from the tax office. If you check with the tax office and file returns then you might get it cleared up. But start at the tax office.

[EZE]

The ladies at the pension office near Chungmuro station were very professional and polite, but they referred me back to the pension office near Yatap station since it covers my area. And unfortunately, I just don't think the pension office near Yatap is going to do anything to help a foreigner.

When I showed the pension office near Yatap station the portion of a work contract that states, "Half of the insurance premium (2.93%) and Half of the National pension (4.5%) are to be paid by the employer, while the other half is to be paid by the teacher," the girl at the pension office was a total apologist for my hagwon. She said the reason the school wasn't paying into my pension was probably because they were trying to be more profitable, and she refused to do anything about it. I told her, "The only reason anyone steals money is to be more profitable."

They're not going to anything about this, not for a foreigner. I'm wasting my time and money going there again and again. The other day, one girl said she would contact me by e-mail. Today, the other girl said they don't have e-mail.

[ontheway]

[EZE]

I haven't been going in there shouting, "I've been robbed! I've been robbed!"

The problem is as soon as I give them what they say they need, they move the goalpost again.

For example, after they told me my pension balance is "zero won", I presented a copy of my contract to them and showed them the part about pension, and I told them, "Article 7 clearly states, 'Half of the National pension (4.5%) are to be paid by the employer." The Yatap pension office lady told me, "Just because you have a copy of your contract doesn't mean you actually worked there." When I requested for them to go to the school and ask the students and their parents if I have worked there, they said, "No. We need something official proving you really did work there." That's when I pulled out a printout the Korean National Tax Office gave me, and I told them, "This is from the Korean National Tax Office and it shows the exact amounts my employers paid in taxes each month because I worked for them." She just sighed, handed the contract back to me, waved her hand for me to leave, and said, "Your employer is just trying to make her business more profitable." That's the point when I told them, "The reason why anyone steals money is to be more profitable."

They just laugh and do absolutely nothing about this issue. They're probably just doing what the higher ups in the Korean government tell them to do. Their goal is probably to keep as much money from leaving Korea as they can, even if it means supporting fraudulent business practices and the exploitation of foreign labor.