Salary Paid at 50 Percent for Civil Servants Suspended from Duty under Pay Regulations
On the 13th, mourners continued to visit the joint memorial altar set up at an elementary school in Seo-gu, Daejeon, for the late Kim Ha-neul. Photo by Yonhap News
At an elementary school in Daejeon, it has been reported that teacher A, who murdered the late Kim Haneul (8), is scheduled to receive a salary according to civil servant pay regulations.
On the 14th, Newsis cited the Ministry of Education and Daejeon Metropolitan Office of Education, reporting that teacher A, who has been suspended from duty, will receive their salary normally on the payday of the 17th. According to civil servant pay regulations, if a position is suspended, 50% of the salary is paid. Since A worked normally from February 1 to 9, they are eligible to receive full pay for that period, but from the day of the incident on the 10th, as they were suspended, they will receive only half. Similarly, various allowances are also paid at 50%. If three months pass without reinstatement after suspension, the salary is reduced to 30%.
Disciplinary actions for civil servants and teaching staff are classified as ▲reprimand ▲salary reduction ▲suspension ▲demotion ▲dismissal ▲expulsion. In the case of expulsion, qualifications are revoked and retirement benefits are also reduced. Although A is likely to face expulsion, they can continue to receive their salary until a formal decision is made.
On the 13th, mourners continued to visit the joint memorial altar set up at an elementary school in Seo-gu, Daejeon, for the late Kim Ha-neul. Photo by Yonhap News
Earlier, on the 10th at around 4:30 PM, Haneul’s parents reported her missing to the police after being informed that she had not arrived at her academy. Location tracking showed Haneul’s cellphone was in the school's second-floor audiovisual room, where school staff found Haneul and teacher A collapsed. The police faced difficulties in determining the initial circumstances and identifying suspects due to the absence of CCTV at the scene, but the teacher confessed to the crime that afternoon.
According to the office of Kim Junhyuk, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea in the National Assembly, A submitted medical certificates issued by the same doctor at a university hospital located in Seo-gu, Daejeon, both when applying for sick leave for treatment on December 9 last year and when applying for early reinstatement 20 days later. The medical certificate submitted at the time of leave stated that "at least six months of rest and treatment are necessary," but the certificate at the time of early return included the opinion that "there is no problem performing duties." However, it was reported that A caused a disturbance by twisting a colleague teacher’s arm at school just four days before the incident.
On the same day, Lee Juho, Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and Minister of Education, stated, "We will prepare fundamental measures to ensure that such a tragic incident never happens again," and added, "We will revise the law to allow necessary measures such as compulsory leave through certain procedures for teachers who have difficulty performing their duties due to mental illness, promoting the so-called 'Haneul Act'." He also said, "We will establish appropriate measures such as making it mandatory to confirm the ability to work normally upon reinstatement, and devise ways to intervene urgently if teachers show unusual symptoms such as violence."
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