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worldtraveler
Joined: 24 Sep 2006
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
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 Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:51 pm Post subject: Define overtime |
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| This might be a stupid question, but what exactly is considered overtime in Korea? Is it anything over 30/hrs a week? Seems like a lot of jobs offer 30/hrs a week but then list the hours as 10am-7pm M-F (for example) which doesn't equal 30/hrs a week. Are you paid for a lunch break or are all breaks unpaid? I had one recruiter tell me they list the hours as more that 30/hrs in the contract just in case they need to change them, but I would only work for 30/hrs just some time between the hours of 10am-7pm...is this just a load of BS? Also, if I did work 10am-7pm would overtime be paid automatically, or would I have to fight to get paid correctly? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 1:03 pm Post subject: Re: Define overtime |
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| worldtraveler wrote: |
| This might be a stupid question, but what exactly is considered overtime in Korea? Is it anything over 30/hrs a week? Seems like a lot of jobs offer 30/hrs a week but then list the hours as 10am-7pm M-F (for example) which doesn't equal 30/hrs a week. Are you paid for a lunch break or are all breaks unpaid? I had one recruiter tell me they list the hours as more that 30/hrs in the contract just in case they need to change them, but I would only work for 30/hrs just some time between the hours of 10am-7pm...is this just a load of BS? Also, if I did work 10am-7pm would overtime be paid automatically, or would I have to fight to get paid correctly? |
Overtime is what your contract says it is.
The 30 hours refered to in the job ads are CONTACT time with your students and it can be interpreted in many different ways.
It may mean 30 classes of 50 minutes duration (1500 contact minutes)
It may mean 30 hours of contact time (1800 contact minutes)
It may mean 30 hours of 40 minute classes (1200 contact minutes)
or it may mean something in between.
Check first BEFORE you sign on the dotted line.
They do NOT pay for your extra duties that may include a whole host of other duties including marking, making reports, writing lesson plans, curriculum development, etc.
Public school jobs for example have you in the school for 40 hours per week but pay extra if you TEACH more than 22 classes of 40 minute duration per week. The remainder of the time is spent on prep work and etc. |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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Overtime for me is teaching anything over 110 hours a month. It only happened once and whn i fought for my overtime pay by threatening to quit immediately, they paid me and reuced my teaching schedule.
I've never gotten back to 110 hours since. Which is fine by me because overtime pay ain't all that great. |
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ChuckECheese
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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Overtime for me is teaching anything over 30 hours/week. If they schedule me for 10 hours one week and 50 hours another week to make it up. It wouldn't work for me.
My contract specifically says, 30 hours/per week, and if they schedule me below that, it ain't my fault that they scheduled me less than 30 hours/week. And I don't have to make up the hours the following week. 30 hours is the maximum and anything over than is overtime. |
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Zark
Joined: 12 May 2003
Location: Phuket, Thailand: Look into my eyes . . .
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| Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:13 pm Post subject: Re: Define overtime |
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| Overtime is what your contract says it is. |
Yes.
I have had contracts with anywhere from 11 to 24 hours per week as the base contract - and then anything above that was overtime. But those are mostly university/college level contracts. |
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