(1) Notwithstanding Article 44, job-seeking benefits shall not be payable for seven days regarded as waiting period beginning from the date an applicant reports on his or her unemployment pursuant to Article 42; provided, as for a person who is a daily hire employee in the construction industry at the time of his or her most recent job-leaving, job-seeking benefits shall be paid to him or her by calculating from the date he or she reports his or her unemployment pursuant to Article 42. <Amended on Jan. 15, 2019; Dec. 31, 2022>
(2) Notwithstanding the main clause of paragraph (1), where an application for recognition of eligibility for benefits has been filed pursuant to Article 43(1) or 43-2(1) and the reason for job-leaving related to the last-lost insured status falls under the proviso of Article 43-2(2), a period of up to four weeks prescribed by Presidential Decree, starting from the date of reporting of unemployment under Article 42, shall be considered a waiting period and the job-seeking benefits shall not be paid. <Added on Dec. 31, 2022>