This is a contract for RISE in Budnang. It's the first contract I've been sent so I don't really have anything to compare it to, but there are a few parts that seem a little sketch... especially part 12e (although like I said, I've never been sent a contract before so I don't know if this is normal). Any advice/opinions is appreciated :)
c. During orientation training period teacher will be paid 30,000 Korean won per day. Thebasic salary will be paid from the actual teaching starting date.
d. The Teacher will teach up to 126 hours per month between the hours of 9:00am and7:00pm. The daily schedule will be set by the school director. The teacher’s workinghour is from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and 9:00 am to 7:00pm on Tuesday and Thursday and maximum of four Saturday classes in a year.(Overtime will apply if it exceeds four Saturdays in a year.) Due to Covid-19, there will bemake-up classes on the third Saturdays of each month until February 2021. Theseclasses are specific to the 2020 calendar year and overtime amount will be 1.4 times of1 day payment. The Covid-19 make-up classes do not count to the four Saturdayclasses specified above.
e. The Teacher is required to adequately prepare for all classes and devote the timerequired to complete the preparatory and administrative tasks that are normallyassociated with teaching the children. These include:i. Conducting classes as scheduledii. Preparing materials for classes.iii. Planning and team meetings as required by the RISE approach.iv. Student assessment and reporting.v. Communicating with cooperating Korean teachers and/or administration asnecessary for the maximum possible benefit of students.vi. Attendance at meetings, workshops, and special events as reasonably requiredby the institute.
4. SalaryThe Institute will pay the Teacher a monthly salary of 2,400,000Korean won per month for126 hours per session of 20 working days. (In the case where there are less than 20 workingdays due to extra public holidays etc., the extra days must be made up on the day designatedby the institute.) This wage is provided as compensation for all services rendered, including allclass preparations, related class work, and reports that might be required in addition toworking hours. If the Teacher’s scheduled teaching hours fall below that outlined in Section3d, the Institute may ask the Teacher to make up the difference through administrative orcurriculum development work, which may or may not be related to the classes the Teacher isteaching. Monthly salary will be paid on the 15th of the following month. Korean income taxesand Korean National Pension tax deductions will be withheld.
5. OvertimeThe Teacher may be required to teach up to three hours of overtime per week. Overtime will bepaid at 18,000won per hour and paid at the time of the monthly salary. Duties outlined in Section3d will not count towards the calculation of overtime. While holidays are paid in full, time notactually spent teaching (including holidays) will not count towards the calculation of overtime.
b. If the Teacher leaves the Institute before the end of the contract term, no severance willbe paid.
c. The Institute reserves the right to withhold up to 400.000won from the Teacher’sseverance pay or first pay to cover utility bills that have not been received, or remainunpaid, at the end of the contract period. In this event, the balance remaining after allbills have been paid will be transferred to a bank account designated by the Teacherwithin 45 days of the end of the contract period. Receipts for bills paid by the Institutecan be provided upon request.
7. Air Transportationa. Upon successful completion of the one-year contract, the institute will issue theTeacher a one-way air ticket to where the teacher departed from. In a case that theTeacher does not go back to where the teacher departed from, the institutecompensate 500,000 won in lieu of the air ticket.
9. Holidays and Vacationa. In addition to the usual national holidays (some national holidays may be used for makeup classes as it explained in section 4), the Teacher will be given summer and wintervacation to be determined by the Institute director.b. No deduction from salary will be made for national holidays or other holidays; however,hours not worked on these days does not count in the computation of overtime pay.
12. Termination of this Contracta. Both parties agree to provide a minimum of 60 days’ written notice of their intention toterminate this contract.
b. In the event that an unusual number of students or parents complain about theTeacher’s classes, or if there is a noticeable decline in enrollment that can bereasonably attributed to the Teacher’s teaching methods, the teacher will be formallynotified of such. S/he will be afforded a 30-day period in which to remedy the situation.During this period, the Institute may require the Teacher to observe other Teachers’classes and/or alter his/her teaching methods. If, at the end of this 30-day period, thesituation has not improved, the Institute may terminate the Teacher’s employment. TheInstitute will be the sole judge of such improvement or lack thereof.
iii. Use of alcohol, or any other intoxicant.
d. If the teacher receives two warning letters from the institute, the institute has right toterminate the contract without any notice. The Teacher will have to return the planeticket provided upon arrival and no severance will be paid.
e. If the Teacher chooses to end this contract early for any reason other than his/herserious injury or serious physical illness, or if the Teacher is dismissed for serious cause,as outlined in section 12 c. of this contract, the Teacher agrees to pay a penalty to theInstitute equal to 200,000 won for each full month remaining in the contract period, to amaximum of 1,000,000. This is to help defray the significant costs involved in hiring,training, and providing a visa for a new employee.
parties will be bound by all the terms and conditions of this contract and will try to resolve theirdifferences in a manner that is fair to both parties and results in the least inconvenience to both.In the event that no solution can be found and either party decides to terminate this contract,each must do so in accordance with Section 12. Upon such termination of employment ordissolution of this contract, both the Teacher and the Institute agree to behave in a respectful,civil manner and refrain from activities that may damage the reputation of either party.
(In the case where there are less than 20 workingdays due to extra public holidays etc., the extra days must be made up on the day designatedby the institute.)