(1) The head of an employment security office may allow a person prescribed by Presidential Decree who is an eligible recipient, having particular difficulty in finding employment and living in financial hardship, to be paid extra job-seeking benefits, in addition to the specified number of days for which benefits are payable, for the period of days for which they have obtained recognition of unemployment. <Amended on May 26, 2020>
(2) The additional job-seeking benefits, as prescribed in paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "individual extended benefits") shall be payable for a period specified by Presidential Decree not exceeding 60 days.