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Employment Insurance Act — Article 38 (Protection of rights to receive benefits)

고용보험법 제38조

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) No right to receive unemployment benefits may be transferred, seized, or pledged. <Amended on Jan. 20, 2015>

(2) No right to claim deposits in the unemployment benefit receipt account designated under Article 37-2(1), which is not more than the amount prescribed by Presidential Decree, may be seized. <Added on Jan. 20, 2015>

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