(1) When a business shuts down due to a cause attributable to the employer, he or she shall pay the employees concerned allowances of not less than 70/100 of their average wages during the period of shutdown: Provided, That if the amount equivalent to 70/100 of their average wages exceeds that of their ordinary wages, their ordinary wages may be paid as their shutdown allowances.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the employer who is unable to continue to carry on the business for any unavoidable reason may, with the approval of the Labor Relations Commission concerned, pay the employees shutdown allowances lower than the standards as prescribed in paragraph (1).