(1) Job-seeking benefits shall be paid for days of unemployment with respect to which an eligible recipient has obtained recognition from the head of an employment security office.
(2) To apply for recognition of unemployment, eligible recipients shall appear at an employment security office on the date the head of such office designates between the first and fourth week from the date of reporting of unemployment done under Article 42 (hereinafter referred to as "date of unemployment recognition") and report that they have been actively seeking reemployment, and the head of the employment security office shall recognize unemployment for each day between the day after the most recent unemployment recognition and the date of unemployment recognition, inclusive; provided, for any of the following persons, the methods for recognition of unemployment shall be governed by the standards prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor: <Amended on Jun. 4, 2010; May 26, 2020>
1. An eligible recipient participating in vocational skills development training, etc.;
2. An eligible recipient who has grounds prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as the occurrence of a natural disaster or mass unemployment;
3. Other eligible recipients prescribed by Presidential Decree.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), an eligible recipient in any of the following cases may obtain recognition of unemployment by submitting a certificate explaining the reason for failing to appear at an employment security office:
1. Where he or she fails to appear at the employment security office for less than seven consecutive days due to personal illness or injury;
2. Where he or she fails to appear at the employment security office due to a job interview arranged by the employment security office;
3. Where he or she fails to appear at the employment security office to participate in vocational skills development training, etc. as directed by the head of the employment security office;
4. Where he or she fails to appear at the employment security office due to a natural disaster or any other inevitable cause.
(4) During the process of recognition of unemployment prescribed in paragraph (1), the head of an employment security office shall take steps to facilitate reemployment of eligible recipients, such as assistance in reemployment planning and job referral, as prescribed by Presidential Decree. In such cases, eligible recipients shall comply with such steps without good cause.