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Employment Insurance Act — Article 15 (Reporting on insured status)

고용보험법 제15조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-10-01. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-09-18) — check the Korean original.

(1) Business owners shall report to the Minister of Employment and Labor any change in their employees' insured status, such as attainment or loss thereof, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. <Amended on Jun. 4, 2010>

(2) With respect to an employee who works for a subcontractor, but whose business owner is a primary contractor, as prescribed in Article 9 of the Act on the Collection of Insurance Premiums for Employment Insurance and Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance, any of the following subcontractors shall file a report pursuant to paragraph (1). In such cases, the primary contractor shall submit to the Minister of Employment and Labor data on the subcontractor, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor: <Amended on Feb. 4, 2010; Jun. 4, 2010; May 24, 2011; Jan. 19, 2016; Apr. 30, 2019; Jan. 5, 2021; Aug. 8, 2023>

1. A constructor prescribed in subparagraph 7 of Article 2 of the Framework Act on the Construction Industry;

2. A housing construction business operator prescribed in Article 4 of the Housing Act;

3. A constructor prescribed in subparagraph 3 of Article 2 of the Electrical Construction Business Act;

4. An information and communications construction business operator prescribed in subparagraph 4 of Article 2 of the Information and Communications Construction Business Act;

5. A firefighting system business operator prescribed in Article 2(1)2 of the Firefighting System Installation Business Act;

6. A national heritage repair business operator prescribed in Article 14 of the Act on National Heritage Maintenance.

(3) If a business owner fails to report the insured status prescribed in paragraph (1), any employee may report, as prescribed by Presidential Decree.

(4) Upon receipt of a report filed under paragraphs (1) through (3), the Minister of Employment and Labor shall notify the interested persons, including the insured employee and the primary contractor, of reported information, such as attainment or loss of insured status, as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor. <Amended on Jun. 4, 2010>

(5) Any business owner, primary contractor, or subcontractor referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) may file a report prescribed in paragraph (1) or (2) by electronic means prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor. <Amended on Jun. 4, 2010>

(6) The Minister of Employment and Labor may provide a business owner, primary contractor, or subcontractor who wishes to report electronically pursuant to paragraph (5) with necessary equipment, etc., as prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor. <Amended on Jun. 4, 2010>

(7) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no insured self-employed person may file any report on the acquisition and loss of his or her insured status. <Added on Jul. 21, 2011>

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