(1) To develop and improve the vocational skills of insured employees, etc., the Minister of Employment and Labor may, as prescribed by Presidential Decree, provide funds to business owners who provide vocational skills development training prescribed by Presidential Decree to cover expenses necessary for such training. <Amended on Jun. 4, 2010; Dec. 27, 2016>
(2) The Minister of Employment and Labor may provide preferential support to business owners who provide vocational skills development training to any of the following persons pursuant to paragraph (1), as prescribed by Presidential Decree: <Added on Dec. 27, 2016; Apr. 30, 2019; Jan. 5, 2021>
1. Fixed-term employees defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Act on the Protection of Fixed-Term and Part-Time Employees;
2. Part-time employees defined in Article 2(1)9 of the Labor Standards Act;
3. Temporary agency workers defined in subparagraph 5 of Article 2 of the Act on the Protection of Temporary Agency Workers;
4. Daily hire employees;
5. Aged or semi-aged employees defined in subparagraph 1 or 2 of Article 2 of the Act on Prohibition of Age Discrimination in Employment and Elderly Employment Promotion;
6. Other persons prescribed by Presidential Decree.