(1) Payment of job-seeking benefits shall be suspended, as prescribed by Presidential Decree if an eligible recipient refuses to accept a job offered by the head of an employment security office or to participate in vocational skills development training, etc. required by the head; provided, the same shall not apply in any of the following cases: <Amended on Jun. 4, 2010>
1. The job offered or the occupational category to which the required vocational skills development training, etc. relates is not suitable in view of the capabilities of the eligible recipient;
2. The eligible recipient is required to, but cannot afford to, move to where the job offered is or where the vocational skills development training, etc. takes place;
3. The wage level for the job offered is at least 20/100 lower than the prevailing wage level for comparable jobs in the same occupational category or jobs requiring a similar level of skills in the area of intended employment, or the job offered is otherwise unacceptable as it fails to satisfy the criteria determined by the Minister of Employment and Labor;
4. Any other good cause exists.
(2) Payment of job-seeking benefits shall be suspended, as prescribed by Presidential Decree if an eligible recipient refuses, without any good cause, to comply with the steps taken by the head of an employment security office to facilitate reemployment in accordance with the vocational guidance criteria set by the Minister of Employment and Labor. <Amended on Jun. 4, 2010>
(3) The head of an employment security office shall determine whether there exists any good cause prescribed in the proviso to paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) in accordance with the criteria set by the Minister of Employment and Labor. <Amended on Jun. 4, 2010>
(4) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall determine and publicly notify the period of suspension of job-seeking benefits, as prescribed in paragraphs (1) and (2), not exceeding one month. <Amended on Jun. 4, 2010>