Effective July 29, 2014, the Departure Guarantee
Insurance can only be claimed only during the departure from South Korea to the
Philippines. Let’s make it
clear that the only workers affected with this new law are those who have
employers subscribed to the Departure Guarantee Insurance.
What is this Departure Guarantee Insurance anyway
and how is it related to 퇴직금 (Tejikom)?
Well, technically, the Departure Guarantee Insurance
and Tejikom are the same. The Tejikom is the severance pay given to workers who
have worked in a particular company for at least one (1) year. The employers, instead of paying you your
Tejikom, have the option to subscribe to the Departure Guarantee Insurance in
order to relieve the weight of the payment. The Departure Guarantee Insurance
was implemented by the Korean Government in favor for the employers. Should a
worker decide to leave the company and have rendered a service at least one
year, the insurance company will pay their Tejikom instead of the employer.
After a worker left the company, he can file to claim his Tejikom right away.
However, the new law has presented a new alternative
to claim the Tejikom of those who have subscribed to the Departure Guarantee
Insurance. The transcript of the new regulation is very long but it wouldn’t
hurt to read it anyway. You can download and read the whole transcript HERE.
The length of the information is very intimidating,
but the most important thing to note is how to get the severance pay. This is
the process:
1. One
(1) month before your departure, submit your application to Samsung Fire and
Marine Insurance Company. If you don’t know about this insurance company, your
boss should be able to help you for this.
2. Choose
your preferred way of receiving the money. There are two ways: First is through
remittance to your bank account in the Philippines. Second is through personal
transaction. If you choose the second option, the money will literally be given
to you at the airport after you passed the immigration desk.
3. If
you chose the first option which is through remittance to your bank account,
you need to present the following requirements:
*Registration of release (If you
transferred company during your tenure)
*Registration of employer
Note that your bank will be
automatically notified with this.
4. If
you chose the second option, which is through personal claim, you must secure
an order from the insurance company during your application. Present this order
to the bank at Incheon International airport before your departure and the bank
will issue you the cash payment.
Make sure to process the application one (1) month
before your departure so you can check if your boss paid the exact amount for
your Departure Guarantee Insurance. Feel free to ask the staffs of the
insurance company on how to compute the contribution so you could tally the
expected amount to the actual amount on your account.
For other insurance claims, you might want to check this
For other insurance claims, you might want to check this
Eksempsyon sa pagsususkrito: mga employer na nag-eemploy ng mga dayuhang manggagawa subalit ang kumpanya ay kabilang sa construction industry.
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ReplyDeleteAsk ko lang po kung sakaling makauwin ka sa pinas at malaman mo na kulang ang pinadala sa act. Mo. My option pa po ba para mahabol mo yung kulang? Salamat po ☺
two months na ako dito sa pilipinas pero hanggang ngayon hindi pa po pinapadala ang samsung ko, paano ko po ito maclaim?
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