Article 65 (Special Cases for Unemployment Recognition)

① The phrase "recipients of benefit whose qualifications are otherwise prescribed by Presidential Decree" in Article 44, Paragraph 2, Subparagraph 3 of the Act refers to persons who fall under any of the following subparagraphs. <Amended by Act No. 12751, Jul. 12, 2010; Act No. 12886, Dec. 31, 2010; Act No. 13526, Sep. 15, 2011; Act No. 14023, Jan. 25, 2013; Act No. 14747, Dec. 24, 2013; Act No. 14514, Dec. 30, 2016; Act No. 16479, Jul. 2, 2019; Act No. 17348, Jun. 8, 2021; Act No. 18453, Jun. 2, 2025> 1. A person who cannot attend a public employment security office on the day of unemployment recognition due to employment, an interview with a prospective employer, or other unavoidable circumstances, and who has applied for a change of the unemployment recognition day by attending the competent public employment security office by the day before the unemployment recognition day. 2. A person who could not attend on the unemployment recognition day or by the day before due to employment, an interview with a prospective employer, or other unavoidable circumstances, and who has applied for a change of the unemployment recognition day by attending the competent public employment security office within 14 days from the date such circumstances ceased to exist. 3. A person who has been continuously employed for 7 days or more and could not attend on the unemployment recognition day or by the day before, and who has applied for unemployment recognition by mail, fax, or information and communication network within 2 months from the date of employment, attaching documents that prove the date of employment. However, if a notification of acquisition of insured status under Article 15 of the Act has been made as of the date of application for unemployment recognition, the submission of documents proving the date of employment may be omitted. 4. A person who could not attend a public employment security office on the unemployment recognition day due to a mistake by the recipient of benefit, and who has applied for a change of the unemployment recognition day by attending within 14 days from the date of unemployment recognition (this shall be recognized only once within the benefit period under Article 48 of the Act for the recipient of benefit). 5. A person for whom the head of the public employment security office deems it appropriate to change the unemployment recognition day due to any of the following reasons: a. When the benefit period under Article 48 of the Act has expired. b. When it is a public holiday at government offices pursuant to the Regulations on Public Holidays of Government Offices. c. In cases of other unavoidable circumstances. 6. A person whose disposition concerning unemployment benefits has been canceled or amended through examination, re-examination, or litigation under Article 87, Paragraph 1 of the Act, or by the disposition of the head of the public employment security office. 7. A person who has been confirmed to be employed within 30 days from the relevant unemployment recognition day. 8. A person residing in an island area (excluding the main island of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and islands connected to the mainland by breakwaters or bridges) who has applied for special unemployment recognition. 9. A person whom the head of the public employment security office recognizes as being able to report re-employment activities and income generation directly through the information and communication network. 10. A person who falls under all of the following categories and has applied for special unemployment recognition: a. Being scheduled to stay abroad or currently staying abroad for re-employment activities overseas, and thus being unable to attend a public employment security office on or before the unemployment recognition day. b. Submitting a plan for re-employment activities abroad to the head of the public employment security office for confirmation.