(1) Notwithstanding Article 44(1), with respect to any days for which recognition of unemployment could not be obtained by an eligible recipient who has become temporarily unemployable due to illness, injury, or childbirth after reporting unemployment under Article 42, an amount equivalent to the eligible recipient's daily amount of job-seeking benefits prescribed in Article 46 (hereinafter referred to as "sickness benefits") may be paid upon request from the eligible recipient in lieu of job-seeking benefits; provided, no sickness benefits shall be paid for the period during which payment of job-seeking benefits is suspended under Article 60(1) and (2). <Amended on May 26, 2020>
(2) The maximum number of days of sickness benefits payable to an eligible recipient shall be the eligible recipient's specified number of days of job-seeking benefits payable, less the number of days for which job-seeking benefits, in relation to the benefits for which the recipient is currently eligible, have already been paid. In such case, when applying the provisions of this Act (excluding Articles 61 and 62) to a recipient of sickness benefits paid, the amount of sickness benefits paid shall count toward the amount of job-seeking benefits paid. <Amended on May 26, 2020>
(3) Sickness benefits prescribed in paragraph (1) shall be paid on the date when job-seeking benefits are to be paid for the first time after the recipient has become employable (in the absence of such date, a date determined by the head of an employment security office); provided, if deemed necessary, such sickness benefits may be payable, as separately determined by the Minister of Employment and Labor. <Amended on Jun. 4, 2010>
(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no sickness benefits shall be paid to an eligible recipient who is entitled to compensation for suspension of work prescribed in Article 79 of the Labor Standards Act, temporary disability compensation benefits prescribed in Articles 52 through 56 of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act, or other compensation or benefits prescribed by Presidential Decree equivalent to these compensation or benefits. <Amended on Jan. 15, 2019>
(5) Articles 47,49,57,61 (excluding paragraph (4)), and 62 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the payment of sickness benefits. In such case, "period subject to recognition of unemployment" shall be construed as "days for which recognition of unemployment is not obtained", and "job-seeking benefits" as "sickness benefits". <Amended on Aug. 27, 2019>