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[Milwaukiedave]

Ok, with out going into too much detail here is my question.

I am a public school teacher in Incheon. I teach 23 hours a week (22, plus one hour of ot) plus 4 teacher classes (I get paid ot for these as well). I willingly agreed to the teacher classes.

Next week, one of the other schools is having a camp in the middle of the year. I've been told I have to attend. Granted, they are paying ot for this so it's not an issue of being unpaid.

My issue is forced overtime. Can they force me to take on more?

I've looked at my contract and the only mention of working at other schools is that the employer and school board can designate any place they want as a workplace. So I've given up trying to use that.

Lately I've been stressed (my father in law is in the hospital) and they are swtiching my schedule around for school observation next week (luckly I don't have to prepare for that, but it does through the whole week out of wack).

I seem to have heard before that an employer can't force overtime, but I'd like to find where it says that so I can point it out.

Thanks,

David

[BigBuds]

Forced overtime is illegal under Korean labor laws.

[Milwaukiedave]

Yeah I'm aware of this, but can someone cite where it says this so I can point it out if need be.

[ttompatz]

[BigBuds]

Here is the labor act which states it:

Article 6 (Prohibition of Forced Labor)
An employer shall not force a worker to work against his own free will through the use of violence, intimidation, confinement, or any other means by which mental or physical freedom of workers might be unduly restricted.


Hope this helps.

[Young FRANKenstein]