(1) The days for which job-seeking benefits are payable per eligibility for benefits (hereinafter referred to as "days of benefits payable") shall begin on the first day following the waiting period and end upon passage of the specified number of days during which benefits are payable as determined by age and period of covered employment and as set forth in Appendix 1. <Amended on Jul. 21, 2011>
(2) With respect to an eligible recipient whose benefit period has been extended due to pregnancy, childbirth, child care, or any other cause set forth by Presidential Decree as provided for in Article 48(2) within the days of benefits payable, payment of job-seeking benefits for the remaining number of days during which benefits are payable shall be deferred until the period when such recipient is unavailable for work has passed.
(3) The period of covered employment shall be the period of employment with the employing unit covered at the time of job-leaving to which the current eligibility for benefits relates (excluding the period of employment as an employee excluded from application under Articles 10 and 10-2; hereafter the same shall apply in this Article); provided, as for insured self-employed persons, the period of covered employment shall be the period during which the employment insurance premium is actually paid during the insured period for the covered business at the time of closure of business to which the eligibility for benefits relates. <Amended on Jul. 21, 2011; Jan. 15, 2019>
(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), in any of the following cases, a period of covered employment shall be separately computed in accordance with each applicable subparagraph: <Amended on Jul. 21, 2011>
1. Where an insured status was forfeited in the previous covered business and a new insured status is acquired in the currently covered business within three years from the date of such forfeiture: The period of covered employment in the previous covered business shall be added up; provided, in cases of having received job-seeking benefits due to the forfeiture of insured status in the previous covered business, the period of covered employment in the previous covered business shall be excluded;
2. Where an insured status of an insured self-employed person was forfeited in the previous covered employment and a new insured status is acquired as a self-employed person within three years from the date of such forfeiture: The period of covered employment in the previous covered business shall not be added up unless the person wants the period of covered employment to be combined; provided, in cases of having received job-seeking benefits due to the forfeiture of insured status in the previous covered business, the period of covered employment in the previous covered business shall be excluded.
(5) With respect to any insured employee whose attainment of insured status was not reported, if the actual date of attaining the insured status in a single period of covered employment precedes the first day of January of the third year retroactively from the date described in any of the following subparagraphs, the first day of the insurance year whereto the first day of January of the third year retroactively from the date described in the relevant subparagraph belongs shall be deemed the date the insured status has been acquired, applicable to computation of the period of covered employment, notwithstanding paragraph (3); provided, when it is proved that the business owner has continued to pay the employment insurance premiums for the insured employee before the first day of January of the third year retroactively from the date described in any of the following subparagraphs, the period of covered employment shall be calculated based on the period for which the employment insurance premiums have been paid: <Amended on Jan. 20, 2015>
1. The date the attainment of insured status is reported under Article 15;
2. The date the attainment of insured status is verified under Article 17.[Title Amended on Jul. 21, 2011]