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Employment Insurance Act — Article 69-3 (Eligibility requirements for job-seeking benefits)

고용보험법 제69조의3

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.

Job-seeking benefits shall be payable where an insured self-employed person who has closed his or her business satisfies all the following requirements: <Amended on May 26, 2020>

1. That the qualifying days in covered employment as an insured self-employed person shall be at least one year in total during the 24-month period up to the date of his or her business closure, pursuant to the proviso to paragraph (1) of Article 41;

2. That an insured self-employed person shall remain unemployed despite his or her intention to work and capability;

3. That the reasons for business closure shall not fall under any of the disqualifying conditions set forth in Article 69-7;

4. That an insured self-employed person shall be actively engaged in seeking re-employment.[This Article Added on Jul. 21, 2011]

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