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ehsann24



Joined: 18 Dec 2006
Location: Korea
PostPosted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:51 pm    Post subject: Death of a parent..... Reply with quote
I wanted to know if we would get any days off when one of our parents passes away? Let's say during the school semester, and you are the only English teacher, will they let you go and be with your relatives? if you ask why, my mom is in bad condition.......
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butlerian



Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
PostPosted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:55 pm    Post subject: Re: Death of a parent..... Reply with quote
ehsann24 wrote:
I wanted to know if we would get any days off when one of our parents passes away? Let's say during the school semester, and you are the only English teacher, will they let you go and be with your relatives? if you ask why, my mom is in bad condition.......


If you're working for a public school, I think they usually put it into your contract that you get a certain number of days off in that situation. I'm not sure about a hagwon. Either way, the most important thing to do would be to talk to your supervisor/principal/whoever is in charge and I'm sure they'd give you some leave. If not, you need to get a new job because it would be unreasonable not to have some leave.
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kat2



Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Busan, South Korea
PostPosted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Don't ask, just go. I had a friend who's mom was diagnosed with a brain tumor. he was on a plane in just a few days. She's recovering, but he made the right decision to go home and spend time with his mom.

If a job doesn't understand that your mom is sick and you need time off, you don't need to be there.
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hubba bubba



Joined: 24 Oct 2006
PostPosted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah, I'm going with...

This is one of those situations where you don't ask them, you tell them.
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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Korean labour law stipulates that a person gets a week off for a death of a parent.
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Samantha



Joined: 20 Jul 2006
Location: Jinan-dong Hwaseong
PostPosted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
My sympathy. This probably has to be the hardest situation in the world to deal with. You want to be there or at least in contact with them but with the time difference and the costs it can be really difficult to do as well.

This is one of my biggest worries about being overseas is that I'm going to get that phone call of someone died. My grandparents are 86 and one isn't in the greatest health. It's the thing I always dread when my mom answers the phone that she's going to start off with..."Sam I have some bad news......"
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butlerian



Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
PostPosted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Samantha wrote:
My sympathy. This probably has to be the hardest situation in the world to deal with. You want to be there or at least in contact with them but with the time difference and the costs it can be really difficult to do as well.

This is one of my biggest worries about being overseas is that I'm going to get that phone call of someone died. My grandparents are 86 and one isn't in the greatest health. It's the thing I always dread when my mom answers the phone that she's going to start off with..."Sam I have some bad news......"


I was very lucky that I got a proper winter vacation and so was able to go home for January. My aunt unexpectedly passed away during my visit, so at least I got to see her before it happened and was able to attend the funeral.
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kat2



Joined: 25 Oct 2005
Location: Busan, South Korea
PostPosted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
From someone who has lost a parent- if your mom is in a really bad way, you won't regret the cost of airfare or a job to go home and spend some time with her now.
This is a horrible situation to be in, and I'll be thinking about you.
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
PostPosted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
tzechuk wrote:
The Korean labour law stipulates that a person gets a week off for a death of a parent.

Yup. One week bereavement leave. However, no time off for a sick parent. My mom was diagnosed terminally ill last summer. I told my uni I'm going home "But what about grading the exams?" "I'll do it from Canada, but I'm GOING HOME!" They let me go because they had no other choice. I was going home whether they allowed me to or not. Mum surprised the docs, though, and hasn't kicked yet (they said before Christmas). She's a stubborn old broad, but I've known that for years. The docs didn't.
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Young FRANKenstein



Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
PostPosted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
butlerian wrote:
My aunt unexpectedly passed away during my visit, so at least I got to see her before it happened and was able to attend the funeral.

My gram died while I was in Korea, but I saw her 2 years previous when her Alzheimer's was "manageable". I have no regret whatsoever about not seeing her steep decline over those last 2 years. Cold, but the honest truth.
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ehsann24



Joined: 18 Dec 2006
Location: Korea
PostPosted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I lost my grama and granpa since moving to this beeeeeeeeeeeeephole.....and right now my contract ends April and I have used all my vacation time in korea and the reason I have never left this country is due to the fact that all the holidays given to me were at high season and the tickets are f.....n expensive....I got a call from my dad asking me to come home and be with ma.....but I just have 2 more months on this contract and I have already signed a new one and I dont break contracts, its just not in my blood....I know one of these days I will get a call saying to come back ma is gone and then I will just leave no matter what they say....I hope they will give me atleast 10 days.....has anyone had a problem like this in korea? and how many days off did you get?
cheers la