No. 14496
Promulgation Date 2016-12-27
Ministry of Employment and Labor
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Definitions)
Article 3 (Administration of Insurance)
Article 4 (Insurance Programs)
Article 5 (Fiscal Assistance)
Article 6 (Insurance Premiums)
Article 7 (The Employment Insurance Committee)
Article 8 (Scope of Application)
Article 9 (Commencement and Termination of Insurance)
Article 10 (Exemption from Application)
Article 11 (Insurance-Related Survey and Research)
Article 11-2 (Assessment of Insurance Programs)
Article 12 (International Exchange and Cooperation)
CHAPTER II ADMINISTRATION OF INSURED EMPLOYEES
Article 13 (Date of Acquisition of Insured Status)
Article 14 (Date of Loss of Insured Status)
Article 15 (Report, etc. on Insured Status)
Article 16 (Verification of Severance from Employment)
Article 17 (Verification of Insured Status)
Article 18 (Limitation on Double Insurance)
CHAPTER III EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Article 19 (Operation of Employment Security and Vocational Skills Development Programs)
Article 20 (Assistance for Job Creation)
Article 21 (Assistance for Employment Adjustment)
Article 22 (Promotion of Local Employment)
Article 23 (Assistance for Employment of Seniors, etc.)
Article 24 (Assistance for Employment Security of Construction Workers, etc.)
Article 25 (Employment Security and Promotion of Employment)
Article 26 (Assistance for Facilities Contributing to Promoting Employment)
Article 26-2 (Limitation on Assistance)
Article 27 (Assistance to Business Owners in Vocational Skills Development Training)
Article 28 (Subsidization Criteria, etc.)
Article 29 (Assistance for Vocational Skills Development of Insured Employees, etc.)
Article 30 (Assistance for Vocational Skills Development Training Facilities)
Article 31 (Promotion of Vocational Skills Development)
Article 32 (Assistance for Vocational Skills Development of Construction Workers, etc.)
Article 33 (Establishment of Resources for Information and Assistance Services)
Article 34 (Assistance to Local Governments, etc.)
Article 35 (Restriction, etc. on Assistance Due to Improper Acts)
Article 36 (Vicarious Execution of Affairs)
CHAPTER IV UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
Section 1 General Provisions
Article 37 (Types of Unemployment Benefits)
Article 37-2 (Unemployment Benefit Receipt Accounts)
Article 38 (Protection of Benefit Rights)
Article 38-2 (Exemption from Public Charges)
Article 39 Deleted.
Section 2 Job-Seeking Benefits
Article 40 (Eligibility Requirements for Job-Seeking Benefits)
Article 41 (Qualifying Days in Covered Employment)
Article 42 (Reporting of Unemployment)
Article 43 (Recognition of Eligibility for Benefits)
Article 44 (Recognition of Unemployment)
Article 45 (Daily Wage as Basis for Computation of Benefits)
Article 46 (Daily Amount of Job-Seeking Benefits)
Article 47 (Reporting of Work, etc. during Period subject to Recognition of Unemployment)
Article 48 (Benefit Period and Number of Days to Receive Benefit)
Article 49 (Waiting Period)
Article 50 (Days of Benefits Payable and Period of Covered Employment)
Article 51 (Extended Training Benefits)
Article 52 (Individual Extended Benefits)
Article 53 (Special Extended Benefits)
Article 54 (Extended Benefit Period and Daily Amount of Job-Seeking Benefits)
Article 55 (Coordination of Extended Benefit Payment)
Article 55-2 (Support for Pension Premiums of National Pension)
Article 56 (Date and Method of Payment)
Article 57 (Job-Seeking Benefits Not Yet Paid)
Article 58 (Disqualifying Severance from Employment)
Article 59 Deleted.
Article 60 (Suspension of Benefits for Refusing Training, etc.)
Article 61 (Denial of Benefits Due to Improper Acts)
Article 62 (Order to Recover Improperly or Erroneously Paid Benefits, etc.)
Article 63 (Special Cases for Sickness Benefits, etc.)
Section 3 Employment Promotion Allowances
Article 64 (Early Re-Employment Allowances)
Article 65 (Vocational Skill Development Allowances)
Article 66 (Long-Distance Job Search Allowances)
Article 67 (Relocation Allowances)
Article 68 (Restriction on Payment of Employment Promotion Allowances)
Article 69 (Application Mutatis Mutandis)
Section 4 Special Cases concerning Application of Unemployment Benefits for Insured Self-Employed Persons
Article 69-2 (Types of Unemployment Benefits for Insured Self-Employed Persons)
Article 69-3 (Eligibility Requirements for Job-Seeking Benefits)
Article 69-4 (Daily Wage)
Article 69-5 (Daily Amount of Job-Seeking Benefits)
Article 69-6 (Specified Number of Days for which Benefits are Payable)
Article 69-7 (Limitation on Eligibility for Benefits Depending on Reasons for Business Closure)
Article 69-8 (Limitation on Payment of Unemployment Benefits for Insured Self-Employed Persons)
Article 69-9 (Application Mutatis Mutandis)
CHAPTER V CHILD CARE LEAVE BENEFITS, ETC.
Section 1 Child Care Leave Benefits and Benefits for Reduced Working Hours during Period of Child Care
Article 70 (Child Care Leave Benefits)
Article 71 (Verification of Child Care Leave)
Article 72 (Reporting of Employment, etc.)
Article 73 (Limitations on Payment of Benefits, etc.)
Article 73-2 (Benefits for Reduced Working Hours during Child Care Period)
Article 74 (Application Mutatis Mutandis)
Section 2 Maternity Leave Benefits, etc.
Article 75 (Maternity Leave Benefits, etc.)
Article 75-2 (Subrogation of Rights to Maternity Leave Benefits, etc.)
Article 76 (Payment Period, etc.)
Article 77 (Application Mutatis Mutandis)
CHAPTER VI EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND
Article 78 (Establishment of Fund and Fund-Raising)
Article 79 (Management and Operation of Fund)
Article 80 (Use of Fund)
Article 81 (Fund Operation Plan, etc.)
Article 82 (Establishment of Fund Accounts)
Article 83 (Fund Revenues and Expenditures)
Article 84 (Accumulation of Fund)
Article 85 (Treatment of Year-End Balance)
Article 86 (Borrowings)
CHAPTER VII REQUESTS FOR REVIEW AND FURTHER REVIEW
Article 87 (Review and Further Review)
Article 88 (Designation of Agent)
Article 89 (Employment Insurance Examiner)
Article 90 (Filing of Request for Review, etc.)
Article 91 (Manner of Filing)
Article 92 (Rectification and Dismissal without Prejudice)
Article 93 (Stay of Effectiveness of Initial Disposition, etc.)
Article 94 (Authority of Examiners)
Article 95 (Reimbursement for Actual Expenses)
Article 96 (Decision)
Article 97 (Notice of Decision)
Article 98 (Effect of Decision)
Article 99 (Employment Insurance Board of Review)
Article 100 (Opposing Party in Further Review)
Article 101 (Further Review)
Article 102 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 103 (Notice)
Article 104 (Relationship to Other Acts)
CHAPTER VIII SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 105 (Prohibition of Disadvantageous Action)
Article 106 (Application Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 107 (Extinctive Prescription)
Article 108 (Reporting, etc.)
Article 109 (Investigation, etc.)
Article 110 (Request for Data and Information)
Article 111 (Medical Examination Order)
Article 112 (Payment of Monetary Rewards)
Article 113 Deleted.
Article 113-2 (Special Cases concerning Recipients Prescribed in the National Basic Living Security Act)
Article 114 (Operation of Pilot Programs)
Article 115 (Delegation and Entrustment of Authority)
Article 115-2 (Legal Fiction as Public Official in Application of Penalty Provisions)
CHAPTER IX PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 116 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 117 (Joint Penalty Provisions)
Article 118 (Administrative Fines)
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