The Korean Hagwon |
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city and then in alphabetical order. Be aware that some schools use more than one name. Please check alternate spelling e.g. P can sometimes be B, and G can be K etc. when people romanise Korean sounds. A Andong (4) Bridge School Director: Mr. Im Contact details: (tel) 054 859 0579 Business Number: Goes under several other names and franchises including Jungro M School, Jung Chul English Junior School and Eastern. Contractual obligations in relation to accomodation, pay dates and vacations will not be kept. The director has little or no respect for Westerners. This is a poorly managed school with no interest in education. No teaching materials for native speakers are provided. Expect your pay to be docked if you decide to take your contractual vacation time. Extortionate amounts to cover utility bills (e.g.W400,000 for gas) have been taken from teachers salaries. Only partial severance pay. Oh-Sung-Sik Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Do not expect to receive overtime pay. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html REI (Reformed English Institute) Director: 'Monster' Contact details: Business Number: Probably the worst school around. The director has conned numerous teachers and owes millions to former employees. Do not expect your own apartment or any form of payment whatsoever. The Director is known as 'Monster' and has threatened, stolen from and even falsely accused one teacher of molesting a child in order to avoid paying him. If you are there already, get out now. www.eslcafe.com/ jobinfo/asia/sefer.cgi?display:1081159477-76477.tx Wonderland Director: Mr. W Contact Details: Business Number: Severance pay has been witheld from teachers on at least two occassions. Mr. W Has been sued successfully by a Korean teacher for failing to pay wages. What else would you expect from the notorious Wonderland chain. Ansan (1) Brighton Junior English School Director: Contact Details: (address) 2nd Floor Brighton Ville, 717-5, 2-Dong, Sangrok-gu, Ansan-Si. Business Number: Poor accommodation with a complete lack of privacy. Do not expect your medical insurance or your pension contributions to be passed on. Do not expect your final wages, or your contractual notice time to be honoured. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Anyang (1) Yes Youngdo English School, Pyeongchon-dong Director: (managers) Jonathan Hxx and BJ Contact Details: Business Number: Complaints of rules being introduced after signing the contract. Teachers have in the past been asked to undergo blood toxicity tests. Reports of abuse and the firing of teachers for petty reasons. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html B Busan (5) Maple Leaf College, Namcheon-do Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Poor accommodation and treatment of teachers. Statutory notice not given. Expect to be fired unjustly. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html SBSi Kids Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Delays in pay and non-payment of some wages and original deposit. Tax, insurance and pension are taken from teachers' wages but are not paid. Sae Kye Foreign Language Institution, Tongnae-Ku Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Horrible and unsafe living conditions, or a yogwan are provided. One teacher suffered concussion after part of the ceiling collapsed. No hot water, cooking facilities or drainage. No heating and an infestation problem. Sajik Little Campus, Dong-nae Director: Contact Details: (address) Sajik 3-dong, Dongnae-gu 132-9 Pusan, Korea Business Number: Late payment, non-payment, no medical insurance (despite deductions) and a refusal to complete immigration formalities. Teachers reported being spied on by staff, and their apartment entered without their knowledge on numerous occassions. One story of a grand piano appearing in their living room and staying for several months against their wishes. Sejong Hogwon, Yang Sun Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Don't expect an apartment. A teacher at this hagwon had to live with the director for 3 months, until he was moved into a dirty old hut with no toilet. The director then tried to charge W500,000 for a release letter. C Chinju (2) Chicago Language Academy Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Less than half salary was paid to one teacher due to various, dubious deductions. Air-fare also wasn't paid. The apartment provided lackedl furnishings. English House Director: Mr. Koo Contact Details: Business Number: A teacher here was continually harassed by Mr. Koo until eventually being fired for refusing to go out drinking with him. Cheonan (4) Chonan College - Chonan University Director: Contact Details: Business Number: A Christian University that tries to force staff to attend church, despite knowing they are of a different religion. Claims of forgery of documents and other illegalities as well as under-payment and non-payment of wages. Easy Foreign Language Institute (British Language International) Director: Kim Mun-Su Contact Details: Business Number: Mr. Kim tried to get staff to sign an agreement assuming financial liability for the failure of his business ventures. He also had to be held back from punching an adult student who complained to him. Kids Herald School Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Early firing of teachers to avoid severance. No statutory notice given. Breaches of contract. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html The Red Bank Institute Director: Contact Details: Business Number: The director is unlikely to respect the contract. Medical cover not provided. Do not expect a release letter. Poor housing, and the school keeps tax contributions. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Cheongju (3) FSL (Fantastic Story Book) Director: Mr. Son Contact Details: Business Number: You may be harrassed, threatened and not paid if you work here. You will not get your airfare, and will get poor housing and furniture. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Oxford Language School Director: Kim Min-Ok Contact Details: Business Number: Also known as Segue Language School. A teacher here was housed next to a Soju bang, with which bathroom facilities were shared. Mr. Kim is believed to owe over 11 million won in backpay to former teachers. Swaton Language School for Kids Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Do not expect to receive your full salary, health insurance or pension contribution. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Chunchon (1) Sarah Han International English School Director: Contact Details: (address) Myong-dong, Chunchon, Kangwon Province. Business Number: This school doesn't pay severance to teachers and does not respect the labor laws. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Chungbuk (1) MIT Language Institute, Boeun-gun Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Formerly known as SEL Language Institute. Severance and airtickets are likely to be difficult to obtain. Expect to be fired for no reason and without statutory notice. Sick days and holidaya are refused. Do not expect overtime pay. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html D Deagu (10) CERTO, Hayang Director: Contact Details: Business Number: This school doesn't give the last month's salary, pay for visa trips or pay on time. The statutory 30 days notice is not honored. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Dong-gu Castle Language School Director: Mrs. Kim Contact Details: Business Number: The contract is not honoured. No health insurance, agreed vacation time or sick days. Unjust sackings to avoid severance, no airfare or statutory notice, and reports of forged signatures on unauthorised revisions to contracts. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html EWHA ALS, Seongseo Director: Hilary No Contact Details: Business Number: The director has made it very difficult for former teachers to work elsewhere, despite them parting with the school legally. Ms. No and her husband also liked to use one of the teacher's apartments for afternoon naps and showering despite obvious objections. F.L.S and Dee Dim Dol, Su-sung gu Director: Contact Details: Business Number: These schools had their teachers working 48 hours a week, including Saturdays. They had no vacation and no severance. They were continually paid late and the school owes at least two teachers a total of over 8 million won. JEL Language Institute Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Lower pay and more work than promised in the contract. Sick days are not honoured. One teacher was forced to work repeatedly despite needing medical attention for a serious injury. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Kwak's English Academy Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Very poor accommodation. Expect to spend some of your stay at a yogwan. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html LCI Kids Club, Susung-gu Director: Mr. Kwon Contact Details: Business Number: This school does not file tax officially, but still makes deductions. No medical insurance is given. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html OJT Kindergarden Director: Oh Jin-Teak Contact Details: Business Number: A teacher here was not paid and not given the apartment as promised in the contract. It also took over three months to get health insurance. Many contract items were adjusted without teacher approvement. Wonderland, Seong-so Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Sacked an employee for having too dark a skin then tried to get her to pay back her airfare. Wonderland, Seo Deagu Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Teachers here have experienced an anti-American attitude from management, and were not paid fully. The school also refused to sign a release paper for the teachers. http://www.prisonerofwonderland.com/november1.html Daejeon (6) BRYS Foreign Language Institute, Jong-lim-dong Director: Kang In-chan (Bryan) Contact Details: Business Number: Mr. Kang has been indicted in the USA for tax offenses, and is now running this hagwon. This school is blacklisted by the International TESOL Group due to Mr Kang's interference in the process of teachers obtaining their E-2 visas. Severance and air-fare money is not paid. There have been numerous breaches of the Labor Law at this institute. Accommodation is terrible, with one teacher contracting pneumonia due to poison fungus spores in an air vent. Late pay and no medical insurance. Damoa Foreign Language Institute,, Wolpyong-dong Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Apparently, the contract teachers' sign before coming to Korea is regarded as 'invalid' by the management. Expect problems with accommodation and receiving payment. Do not expect your services to be required for a full year. Summary dismissals without payment are common here. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Ewha American Language School, Dunsan Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Overtime is not paid and large amounts of money have been withheld from teachers. One teacher was asked for 2 million won in exhange for a release letter. Poor accommodation is provided. Kalma Language School (KLS) Director: Mr. Kang Contact Details: Business Number: Some classes are not paid, breaching the contract. W300,000 is sometimes withheld from final pay for 'cleaning'. Fines are given for trivial reasons eg. squeaky boardmarker, despite there being no provision for fines in the contract. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Little America, Manyondong Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Dubious deductions from teachers' wages have occurred here, as well as reports of abusive behavoiur towards staff. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Samil Language Institute Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Teachers were contracted out but not paid for the extra hours they worked. Over 18 teachers have been through this school in a year. Unsubstantiated deductions are taken out of teachers' wages. G Gumi (4) CERTO Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Several teachers have not been paid, or only partially paid before leaving. An employee here was implicated in a fraud case due to a forgery committed by the director. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Che Yoon Hi Language School, Gumi Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Illegal contracting out occurs here, and teachers are expected to pay for their transportation between places of work. The full work terms are not explained before starting employment, and the contract is not honoured. Unauthorized deductions from teachers' wages amounting to about W120,000 a month are taken. Poor accommodation. Eastern Language Academy Director: Contact details: (address)26B Sangmo-dong, Gumi, Korea 730-120 Business Number: The director has been known to sack foreign teachers after 10 months to avoid paying severance pay. The school held back over $2000 US in flight ticket and pay from a previous teacher. Prime Language School Director: Byeoung Ho Contact Details: Business Number: Expect to be fired just before the end of your contract so that you will lose your bonus. Deductions from your salary will be taken, if you get it at all. Do not take on work here as a private as you will not get paid and will have no recourse. Gwangju (1) Princeton Director: 'Joe' Contact Details: Business Number: The director tried to bargain with a new teacher over the contractually agreed pay rate once he arrived. He was only willing to pay half salary for the first few months until the teacher had 'proved himself'. The teacher was also told he would not be starting work for another month for which he would not be paid. I Ilsan (5) English Friends, Madu Director: Lee Kyo-hoon & Catherine Cho Contact Details: (address) Madu Station nr. Kids Mall (tel) 017 220 5405 Business Number: Also known as ICI. Trying to change contracts after they're signed, paying up to 12 days late each month and refusing to pay for tickets home after completion of contract have all occurred here. Tax and medical deductions are not passed on. Large amounts of money are still outstanding to former teachers by way of severance, wages, overtime and vacation pay. Oe Dae Institute Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Do not expect contractual agreements relating to accommodation or the age of students to be followed. Expect to have to payback airfare and the recruiter's fee if you want to see your diploma again. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Pals Lab Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Teachers are expected to work for 2 hours extra without pay each day. Three weeks pay was not paid to one teacher. SLP Ilsan Director: Hong Jae-hwa Contact Details: Business Number: A teacher was made to pay a million won bond when leaving on contractual emergency leave for a close relative's funeral. W300,000 missing from one teacher's final payment, which the school are refusing to reimburse. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html YBM ECC Ilsan Director: Contact Details: (address) Jang-Hang Bldg 804, Madoo-Dong Ilsan Business Number: Expect to have a surprise W750,000 taken from your first paycheck as a 'deposit'. You may not receive overtime pay. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Incheon (7) Daehak (Hamilton) Language Centre Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Very poor accommodation. Non-payment of salary, non-payment of medical insurance and non-payment of utilities despite deductions from teachers' salaries being made. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html ECC, Yeonsu-gu Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Breaches of contract and unpaid wages. Teachers have been sacked without reason, and holidays are unpaid. Overtime is not paid despite very long working hours. EWHA ALS (American Language School), Mansu-dong Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Late payment and a lower wage than agreed in the contract. Holidays are not given despite the 15 days promised in the contract. No overtime is paid. Kids Herald School, Bupyeoung Director: Mr. Kim Contact Details: Business Number: A lower salary than agreed is paid. Deposits are not returned and medical insurance isn't paid. Do not expect to be paid for extra work or overtime. Kyoyon Academy, Ka-jwa, Ka-jung, and Shin-hyun Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Also known as Kyoyon Language Institute or CES Language Institute. Contractual agreements relating to accommodation and working conditions may not be kept. Very bad accommodation and discrepancies in wages. A release letter will not be provided. Saturday work demanded despite the contract stating otherwise. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Palace Language Centre Director: Contact Details: Business Number: This company always refuses to pay severance. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Wonderland, Pupyong Director: Contact Details: Business Number: An extremely poor contract, leaving the teacher unprotected by parts of the labor laws. Do not expect a reference. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html J Jeju-do (3) Haba Playschool Director: Mr. Jo Contact Details: Business Number: Late pay or no pay at all. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Oh Sung Sik (OSS) English Club, New (Shin) Jeju-si Director: Hye Jung Jun Contact Details: Business Number: A teacher here had several contract disputes with the director over salary and holidays. Wages are sometimes paid late, and the last month's salary and severance money were not given to one teacher. Oh Sung Sik (OSS) English Club, Old (Gu) Jeju-si Director: Contact Details: Business Number: A teacher was fired from this hagwon just before completing his contract so that he wouldn't get severance pay. K Kangnung (1) Kwandong University Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Numerous contract violations. Overtime will not be paid. Poor housing. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Koje-do (1) Koje College Director: Contact Details: (address) Geojedo, Gyeongsangnamdo Business Number: Pay has been withheld from teachers on several occassions. Labor law provisions are not followed. This college has been using intimadation to convince an employee to teach a summer school program despite this being outside of the contractual agreement. He was threatened with being fired and deported. Koyang (1) Sogang Language Program Institute (SLP), Hwajeong-Dong Director: Contact Details: (address) Hwajeong-dong, Dukyang-gu, Koyang-si Business Number: Sick days aren't paid. Severance pay is not always given, and if it is, only after persistent nagging and a lot of time. Reports of different contracts on arrival to the one agreed to beforehand. A teacher here was assaulted by the director. Living conditions and pay are not as promised in the contract. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Kunsan (1) Bull's Academy Director: Contact Details: Business Number: A particularly bad story of a teacher being thrown out of his apartment and his personal possessions kept by the director. This was after being fired three weeks before contract completion without bonus or airfare. http://members.xoom.com/jeff15 Kwangmyung (1) Cherry Creek School/Kids School Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Altering of contracts, no payment for overtime, confiscation of airtickets and passports and various disputed deductions from paychecks. Eleventh month firings have occurred here. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Kyunnggi-Do (1) SBSi Kids English School, Yatop Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Reports of the director continually not paying teachers, and just replacing them once they quit. Airfare and bonus are also not paid. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html M Masan (2) Kyungnam University Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Airfare is not paid. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Masan/Gimghae Hyundai Translation Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Teachers are never paid on time. Mokpo (2) E-ton Language School Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Also known as Jung IL Future Academy. This school does not make their part of the contribution towards medical insurance. Uncontracted salary cuts. Teachers are fired, or driven to resign before the end of their term so that they do not receive severance money. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Wonderland Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Last month's salary is unlikely. A violent incident against a teacher here was also reported. N Nonsan (1) Cheong Cheol Interlab Director: Contact Details: Business Number: A teacher's salary was withheld and a release letter was refused. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html P Pohang (1) Time Foreign Language Institute Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Expect to live in a disused classroom. Recruiters promises will not be adhered to. The school also fails to pay their statutory contribution towards teachers' medical insurance. S Seoul (33) Child U School, Yeomchung-dong Director: Contact Details: Business Number: 11th month dismissals are the norm here. Do not expect airfare or severance pay. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Chungmoon Language Institute, Jong-no Director: Contact Details: (tel) 02 738 5151; (web) http://www.chungmoon.co.kr/ Business Number: A report of racist treatment towards foreigners at this institution. An anti-American sentiment and a 'no-blacks' policy. Direct English, Jongno branch Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Despite the agreed notice being served by one teacher, a month and a half's salary was withheld. Sick days not honoured. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html ECC Daechi, Daechi Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Sick pay and bonus totalling W400,000 were withheld from one teacher, and his flight was cancelled. ECC Sungdong YBM/SISA, Sungdong Director: Contact Details: Business Number: A teacher here was sacked after three months for taking one sick-day. Then the teacher's last month's pay was withheld to cover 'expenses'. English Training Center, Kangnam-ku, Yucksam-dong Director: Contact Details: (address) Main office is very near the Kangnam subway station, off Teheranno. Business Number: Pay is still owed to former teachers. Holidays must be worked without payment. English Friends, Jang-an Director: Mr. Kim Contact Details: Business Number: Not being paid, no bonus payments, no air fare paid. Mr. Kim has been hauled before the Labor Board before but it doesn't seem to have deterred him. Appauling accommodation with no washing facilities is provided if you're lucky enough to get any place at all. Evan Moor, Bundang and Suji Director: Kim Bae-gyu Contact Details: (address) Head Office - Hankuk Ouekook Oh hak dang building Business Number: Two female teachers were assaulted here. The director claims to have mafia connections, and has a penchant for prostitutes. Expect to sleep on the floor of the director's apartment. Don't expect any pay. Ewha American Language School, Haan-dong Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Teachers here have been cheated out of their last month's salary. The director always fires teachers before their contract end in order to avoid paying air fare and severance. Ewha American Language School, Mapo Director: Mr. C Contact Details: Business Number: Millions of won still owed to a former teacher. Reports of threatening behaviour, late pay and abuses of the terms of the contract. A lower salary than agreed is paid. Terrible housing. Ewha American Language School, Mapu Director: Cho Young-Jin Contact Details: Business Number: The director does not pay the agreed salary or overtime. Teachers have been cheated out of large amounts of money. Ewha American Language School, Mok-dong Director: Contact Details: Business Number: The last month's salary was not paid to one teacher here. Ewha American Language School, Suji Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Money still owed to a former teacher. The same teacher was also charged rent. They were even charging me rent. Hamilton Language Centre Director: Mr. Lee Contact Details: Business Number: Also known as Korea Campus Group. Teachers are not fully paid, paid late, or receive no payment at all. The director also tries to confiscate passports. Health insurance is not always provided. Weekend work is demanded against the contractual agreement. Illegal contracting out also occurs. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Hoya Language School, Kangnam Director: Contact Details: Business Number: A lower than agreed salary paid. Jung Chul English Junior School, Haengshin-dong Director: 'Sunny' Contact Details: (address) Haengshin-dong, Koyang-si Business Number: Reports of labor law violations, threats, harassment and assault at this hagwon. Pay was refused or delayed several times for one teacher, who was also slapped and had hot tea thrown in her face. Jung Chul English Junior School, Sangwangshimni Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Poor or no accommodation provided. One teacher had to sleep on the floor of another teacher's apartment. Late pay, only partial severance pay, reluctantly given and with a 10% deduction for 'stress'. Jung Chul Interlab, Bugae Director: Mrs. Lee Contact Details: Business Number: Unless you like to teach english for free, don't work here. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Jung Chul,, Kangnam Station district Director: Contact Details: (address) Kangnam Station district, Seoul Business Number: The director will not pay rent, despite the contract stating otherwise. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Kate School, Mok-dong Director: Mr. Pyon, Mrs. Song, Mr. Park and Minnie Choi Contact Details: Business Number: Four foreign teachers all failed to receive payment for three months of work. Financial hardship is repeatedly given as the reason, yet the school remains open. Kid's Herald School, Seodaemoon Director: Mr. Bae Contact Details: (address) Hongje-dong, Seodaemoon Business Number: The director keeps teachers' diplomas and passports. Threats have been made to teachers who wish to leave. Kids Herald School, Kangnam Director: Mr. and Mrs. Song Contact Details: (address) Ilwon-dong, nr. Daechong subway stop. Business Number: Contractual sick days are not honoured. Overtime not paid. Weekends worked despite the contract stating otherwise. One teacher had his pay withheld and was asked to move out of his apartment before he had finished working at the school. Another teacher was sacked for going away for the weekend, and asked to pay 2 million won compensation. Kidsland, Dongnimmun Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Over 6 million won owed to one former teacher. Expect to pay for your own housing. You may be fired just before the end of your contract, losing out on airfare and severance. Poor accommodation. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html LCI Kidsclub, Mok-dong Director: Contact Details: (address) Yangchun-gu, Mok-dong, Seoul (web) www.mkidsclub.com Business Number: This institution has left many of it's teaching staff without a full final paycheck. They have deducted large amounts from the last months salary for pension, even though monthly payments for this purpose have already been made. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Notto English School, Shinchon Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Low salary, no housing or medical provided. Oedae Language School, Daechi-dong Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Seven consecutive teachers have been fired shortly before the end of their contracts. Do not expect severance or statutory notice. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Seoul Educational Development Corporation (SED), Bundang Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Late payers, and loss or damage to teachers' diplomas has occurred here. Final salary and severance are not always paid. Seoul English Insitute, Goedok-dong Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Severance pay and the correct amount of overtime are not paid. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html SLP, Kangnam Director: Charles Lee Contact Details: Business Number: Contract not adhered to, and Mr. Lee still owes money to one teacher. Swaton (Iroonet) Director: Contact Details: Business Number: The school substantially changed the contract after it had been signed, and then transplanted the teacher's signature onto it. More hours than agreed in the contract are expected, including weekends and holidays, without extra pay. The school have not honoured promises made before employment began. Poor accommodation provided. United Language School in Sunhwa-Dong Director: Hui Soo Jey Contact Details: Business Number: The director stole the last paycheck of one former teacher. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html USA Language Academy, Bucheon Director: 'Mike' Contact Details: Business Number: Constant contract changes and the director refuses to issue release letters. The director also tries to negotiate the salary each month, often paying less than the agreed sum. Wonderland, Bukbu and Chunggye Director: Mr. Kim Contact Details: Business Number: Teachers have been short-changed by the director on several occassions. Mr. Kim also had to be restrained from assaulting a female foreign teacher. The contract will not be honoured when it comes to sick leave, emergenct leave. Severance, airfare and accommodation deposit have not been returned to some teachers. Poor accommodation which does not comply with the contractual requirements. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Sokcho (2) Rira ELS Director: Mrs. Lee Contact Details: (tel) 33 636 1230/1236 Business Number: Plane ticket money was not reimbursed as promised, and only a portion of the agreed salary was paid. SISA Foreign Language Institute Director: Jeong Sue-kyung Contact Details: Business Number: This also applies to the Kangnun branch. Severance pay is unlikely be given. The contract is not upheld, and the single accommodation promised will not be given. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Suncheon (1) Evan Moor School Director: Mr. C Contact Details: (address: Yushimcheon building, Suncheon-si, Jellonamdo) Business Number: Contracts have been disregarded and tax payments pocketed by the director at this hagwon. Accommodation is not as promised in the contract. Don't expect furniture. Late payers. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Suwon (10) Cherry Creek School Director: Contact Details: Business Number: The first week is unpaid because it is classed as staff training, although no training is undergone, and teachers work as normal. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Global Education and Culture Center Director: Contact Details: Business Number: The salary upon arrival is likely to be substantially lower than that agreed in the contract. Do not expect to get paid on time or in full. Expect to live with the director despite the promise of individual housing in the contract. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Kids Eduland Director: Mr. Choi Contact Details: Business Number: This hagwon has a habit of firing teachers after only a few months. Not too forthcoming with wages either. Kuk Jae Foreign Language Institute Director: Mr. Kwon Contact Details: Business Number: Also known as International Korea or Universal Korea. Severance pay will not be given. A favourite trick of Mr. Kwon is to reduce the contractually agreed salary due to a 'mistake' by the recruiter. This 'mistake' apparently happens with most teachers who come here. A video camera is also installed in the staffroom. One teacher was cheated out of her airfare. Michigan Language Academy Director: Contact Details: Business Number The director tries to change the contract and to pay a lower than agreed salary. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Oh Sung Sik, Youngtown Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Problems with getting overtime pay due to a creative interpretation of the contract by the director. A very vague contract is offered, and no severance pay was given to one teacher. You will have problems if you need a release letter. SLP Suwon, Youngton branch Director: Contact Details: Business Number: One teacher was fired shortly before the completion of her contract so that she lost her bonus. Another teacher was fined W400,000 for not completing paperwork. Release letters, last months salary or return airfare are unlikely. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Sung Il Academy Director: Contact Details: Business Number: The director has assaulted two teachers; throwing a coffee cup at one, and beating up another along with three accomplices. 21st Century Language Institute Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Either severance pay or airfare will not be paid. Medical insurance is not provided. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html Wonderland Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Horrific working hours, unwarranted deductions from wages and false promises made before arriving at the school. U Ulsan (5) BIT English School, Nammok (Dong-gu) Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Contractual sick days are not honoured. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html EMI Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Maltreatment of teachers including violence, and difficulties obtaining overtime. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html EWHA ALS Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Late payment and a lower wage than agreed in the contract. Jel World Language Institute Director: 'James' Contact Details: Business Number: This institution has gone through 12 teachers in two years. The Director takes 7% in tax but only pays 4% to the tax department. Unpaid wages and contracting out teachers against their wishes as well as non-payment of overtime are all common here. Megaton School Director: Contact Details: Business Number: Late payers. Do not expect to receive your overtime pay. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html W Wonju (1) Jonghro M School Director: Mr. Lim Contact Details: Business Number: This hagwon also incorporates ELF Kindergarten. Mr. Lim repeatedly hires teachers at peak times, with no intention of keeping them for the full contract term. The contract offerred should not be accepted as it exempts the school from it's labor law responsibilities. Y Youngju (1) Brainy English School Director: Kim Beong-jin Contact Details: Business Number: A teacher here was sent to the airport without his severance or last month's pay. Upon arrival he found that his ticket had not been paid for either. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/blacklisted.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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