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Employment Insurance Act — Article 69-7 (Limitation on eligibility for benefits depending on reasons for business closure)

고용보험법 제69조의7

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.

Notwithstanding Article 69-3, where the head of an employment security office deems that an insured self-employed person who has closed his or her business falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the insured self-employed person shall be deemed lacking the eligibility for benefits:

1. Where the insured self-employed person has closed his or her business after his or her business permit is canceled or suspended in violation of statutes or regulations;

2. Where the insured self-employed person has closed his or her business due to any of his or her gross misconducts prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, such as arson;

3. Where the insured self-employed person has closed his or her business in order to change his or her job or to start another self-employed business, not for the grounds prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, such as a sharp drop in the amount of sales;

4. Where the insured self-employed person has closed his or her business for a reason that does not constitute the good causes prescribed by Decree of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.[This Article Added on Jul. 21, 2011]

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