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[Shenanigans17]

My partner and I have been working at the same hagwon for 2 and half years. We're leaving, with 3+ months notice given to our boss, 4 months shy of finishing our third contract. Our boss said that she's not required to pay the flight because we didn't finish this contract. We thought the flight money was for us after we finished one full year, but we wouldn't receive it until we finished working at the hagwon.

She also said we're not entitled to the third year's (8 months will be completed) partial severance either. The labor board said we should receive the pro rated severance for the entire time we've worked even if we leave early.

We called the labor board to ask about the flight and they said they don't have a law regarding this issue but we can contact a lawyer if we want. We're pretty salty because we acted as recruiters to find a replacement couple for the boss for free since we we're leaving a bit early so we expected to get the full pension, severance, and flight money without a fight but it seems that's not going to happen. I thought if she's going to interpret the contract this way we would be entitled to a flight for each contract we did complete already, which would mean she owes us 2 flights already.

The labor board said re-signing a contract is the same as extending it and that's why the severance is prorated and not broken up by each year. Would that not mean that I worked one long contract and am entitled to one plane ticket as the contract said I need to complete 12 months to get the ticket?

[ttompatz]