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Employment Insurance Act — Article 6 (Insurance premiums)

고용보험법 제6조

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) The Act on the Collection of Insurance Premiums for Employment Insurance and Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance shall govern the collection of insurance premiums and other revenues to cover the costs of insurance programs incurred under this Act. <Amended on Jan. 5, 2021>

(2) Revenues from insurance premiums for programs covering employment security, vocational skills development, and unemployment benefits collected pursuant to Article 13(1)1 of the Act on the Collection of Insurance Premiums for Employment Insurance and Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance shall be allocated to the respective programs; provided, the insurance premiums for programs covering unemployment benefits may be allocated to the expenses incurred to support the national pension premiums under Article 55-2(1), to pay the child care leave benefits under Article 70(1), to pay the benefits for reduced working hours during the period of child care under Article 73-2(1), to pay the maternity leave benefits, etc. under Articles 75 and 76-2, or to cover expenses incurred in the payment of maternity benefits, etc. under Articles 77-4 and 77-9. <Amended on Feb. 1, 2012; Jan. 15, 2019; Jan. 5, 2021>

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), insurance premiums for programs covering employment security, vocational skills development, and unemployment benefits collected from insured self-employed persons pursuant to Article 49-2 of the Act on the Collection of Insurance Premiums for Employment Insurance and Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance shall be allocated to pay expenses incurred to operate programs for the insured self-employed persons; provided, the insurance premiums for programs covering unemployment benefits may be allocated to the expenses incurred to support the national pension premiums under Article 55-2(1) for the insured self-employed persons. <Added on Jul. 21, 2011; Jan. 15, 2019; Jan. 5, 2021>

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