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ENFORCEMENT DECREE OF THE EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT Enforcement Date 01. Jan, 2016Article 48~Article52

Article 48 (Loans for Expenses Incurred by Vocational Skills Development Training Facilities, etc.)(1) Pursuant to Article 30 of the Act, the Minister of Employment and Labor may grant a loan, within the budget, to a business owner, an employers' association, or a workers' association, which has conducted or intends to conduct vocational skills development training, a juristic person established with permission from the Minister of Employment and Labor for vocational skills development training pursuant to Article 32 of the Act on the Development of Workplace Skills of Workers, and a person who installs and operates a designated vocation training facility prescribed in subparagraph 3 (b) of Article 2 of the Act on the Development of Workplace Skills of Workers for the expenses incurred in installing vocational skills development training facilities and purchasing equipment for such facilities.  <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 22269, Jul. 12, 2010>

(2) The interest rates on loans prescribed in paragraph (1), the term of such loans, and other conditions of the loans shall be prescribed by the Minister of Employment and Labor, subject to prior consultation with the Minister of Strategy and Finance. In such cases, a different interest rate may be set for the business owner of an enterprise eligible for preferential support, an employers' association of such enterprises, and a business owner or an employers' association that has implemented or intends to implement a vocational skills development program under Article 52 (1) 6.   <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 20681, Feb. 29, 2008; Presidential Decree No. 22269, Jul. 12, 2010>

(3) Necessary matters concerning loan limits to cover expenses prescribed in paragraph (1) and the procedure for the extension of such loans shall be prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.  <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 22269, Jul. 12, 2010>

Article 49 (Subsidization of Vocational Skills Development Training Facilities, etc.)or where a public organization that has installed a public vocational training facility pursuant to subparagraph 3 (a) of Article 2 of the Act on the Development of Workplace Skills of Workers improves or repairs an antiquated facility or purchases equipment. In such cases, a business owner who runs an enterprise eligible for preferential support, an employers' association of such enterprises, or a business owner or an employers' association that carries out vocational skills development programs prescribed in Article 52 (1) 6 may be granted preferential treatment.  <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 22269, Jul. 12, 2010>

(2) Necessary matters concerning limits on and procedures for the subsidization prescribed in paragraph (1) shall be prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.  <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 22269, Jul. 12, 2010>

Article 50 Deleted.  <by Presidential Decree No. 20775, Apr. 30, 2008>

Article 51 (Subsidization of Qualification Testing Programs) (1) Pursuant to Article 31 (1) 2 of the Act, the Minister of Employment and Labor may fully or partially grant subsidies to cover expenses incurred in either of the following programs to a person who provides such program:   <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 21015, Sep. 18, 2008; Presidential Decree No. 22269, Jul. 12, 2010>

1.A qualification test program conducted by a business owner in order to improve skills of workers;

2.A program conducted by a testing institution for national technical qualifications prescribed in the National Technical Qualifications Act for convenience of insured workers in acquiring qualifications.

(2) A qualification test program prescribed in paragraph (1) 1 shall meet each of the following requirements:   <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 22269, Jul. 12, 2010>

1.The qualification test program shall be conducted by the relevant business owner, independently or collaboratively, for the workers employed by the relevant business or any business relating to such business;

2. The tested qualification shall be directly related to knowledge and skills required for the relevant business;

3.A rule shall be established and implemented to preferentially treat workers who acquire the relevant qualifications in promotion or rise in rank, or in pay;

4.No expense, including any testing fee, shall be charged in connection with the testing program to the workers who wish to acquire the relevant qualification;

5. No qualification test program shall be conducted for profit;

6. The program shall meet the requirements prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

(3) Necessary matters concerning application for subsidization of the expenses prescribed in paragraph (1) and the method of subsidization shall be prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.  <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 22269, Jul. 12, 2010>

Article 52 (Promotion of Vocational Skills Development) (1) "Programs prescribed by Presidential Decree" referred to in Article 31 (1) 3 of the Act means the following projects:   <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 21348, Mar. 12, 2009; Presidential Decree No. 22026, Feb. 8, 2010; Presidential Decree No. 22269, Jul. 12, 2010; Presidential Decree No. 22356, Aug. 25, 2010; Presidential Decree No. 23513, Jan. 13, 2012>

1. Projects concerning surveys and research on vocational skills development programs;

2. Projects concerning education and public relations for vocational skills development programs;

3. Projects concerning the development, compilation, and distribution of medium for vocational skills development training;

4. Vocational skills development projects conducted collaboratively by an employers' association, workers' association, or federation of such organizations;

5. Projects concerning support for the accreditation system for good enterprises in the development of human resources;

6. Vocational skills development projects conducted by a business owner, an employers' association, or a school prescribed in Article 2 of the Higher Education Act after entering into an agreement with two or more business owners who conduct vocational skills development training for their workers;

7.Projects concerning education and training conducted for nurturing and developing skills of the trainers for vocational skills development prescribed in Articles 36 and 37 of the Act on the Development of Workplace Skills of Workers and the staff in charge of the development of human resources prescribed in Article 19 (1) 6 of the Enforcement Decree of the same Act;

8. Workplace skill development projects conducted pursuant to Article 12 of the Act on the Development of Workplace Skills of Workers;

9. Educational and training projects conducted in accordance with an educational or training curriculum of a polytechnic college, as prescribed in Article 40 of the Act on the Development of Workplace Skills of Workers;

10. Vocational skills development training conducted in order to improve the performance of essential duties of a business owner or workers of an enterprise eligible for preferential support (which shall be limited to exceptional training programs determined by the Minister of Employment and Labor);

11. Vocational skills development projects conducted in order for workers of enterprises eligible for preferential support to have extended opportunities to obtain knowledge on their jobs or promote the systemization of their learning so that the knowledge on duties within such enterprises can be accumulated and shared easily;

12. Vocational skills development projects conducted to improve the skills of business owners or staff in charge of the development of human resources in enterprises eligible for preferential support for developing human resources;

13. Systematic support projects for on-site training for enterprises eligible for preferential support;

14. Deleted;  <by Presidential Decree No. 22603, Dec. 31, 2010>

15. Other projects designed to promote vocational skills development.

(2) Where the vocational skills development projects prescribed in paragraph (1) 6 are executed, the Minister of Employment and Labor shall directly grant to the implementers of the relevant vocational skills development projects the aggregated amount the ratio of which is determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Employment and Labor (hereafter referred to as "individual amount" in this paragraph) out of the maximum amount of the subsidies for annual training expenses for vocational skills development which each of the business owners who entered into agreement is entitled to receive pursuant to Article 42 (1) through (3). In such cases, such amount shall be deemed to have been subsidized for each of the business owners who entered into agreement, within the limit of subsidized expenses pursuant to Article 42 (1) through (3).  <Newly Inserted by Presidential Decree No. 23513, Jan. 13, 2012>

(3) Necessary matters concerning application for the subsidization of expenses prescribed in paragraph (1) and the method of such subsidization shall be prescribed by the Minister of Employment and Labor.  <Amended by Presidential Decree No. 22269, Jul. 12, 2010>