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		| Stan Rogers 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 8:48 am    Post subject: Overtime Pay |   |  
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				| Why are overtime rates in Korea so low? |  | 
	
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		| Bongotruck 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 1:48 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| The idea that overtime is worth a time and a half does not exist here. |  | 
	
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		| nicwr2002 
 
 
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				|  Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 2:38 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I thought the labor law stated that overtime pay is time and a half. |  | 
	
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		| ttompatz 
 
  
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				|  Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 6:22 am    Post subject: |   |  
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	  | nicwr2002 wrote: |  
	  | I thought the labor law stated that overtime pay is time and a half. |  
 It does but "extra classes" in excess of 30 per week don't constitute "overtime" in the eyes of the labor board.
 
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