Article 13(1)The basic allowance is to be paid pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection, where an insured person who becomes unemployed has been insured for a total period of six months or more during the one-year period preceding the day of separation from service, pursuant to the provisions of the following Article (for insured persons listed in the following items, during the period of one year added to the number of days specified in the respective items (where the aggregate period exceeds four years, four years); referred to as the "period for calculation" in Article 17, paragraph (1)):

(2)Confirmation as to whether an insured person falls under a part-time insured worker is to be made by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 14(1)Each period (limited to the periods with 14 or more days as basis of the period wages were paid) within the overall insured period when the person was an insured person, counted backwards from the day on which the person ceased to be an insured person or from the day before each day that corresponds to that day in each month and is within the overall insured period (for months that do not have a day corresponding to that day, the last day of the month; hereinafter referred to as the "substitute corresponding day" in this paragraph), to the substitute corresponding day in each previous month is calculated as a full month, and other periods are not to be included in the overall insured period; provided, however, that when the number of days in the period from the day on which the person became an insured person, to the day before the first substitute corresponding day thereafter, is 15 days or more and the number of days in the period based on which wages were paid is 14 days or more, the period is calculated as an insured period of half a month.

(2)With regard to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph in the case where the insured period is a period in which the person was a part-time insured worker, the terms "14 days", "a full month" and "half a month" in the same paragraph are deemed to be replaced with "11 days", "half a month" and "a quarter of a month", respectively.

(3)The periods listed in each of the following items are not to be included when calculating the period in which the person was an insured person prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs:

Article 15(1)The basic allowance is be paid for the days on which a person who has recipient qualifications (hereinafter referred to as a "qualified recipient" except for the following Section to Section 4) is unemployed (limited to those days for which the recognition of their unemployment has been obtained; hereinafter the same applies in this Subsection).

(2)A qualified recipient who seeks to obtain the recognition of unemployment set forth in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "recognition of unemployment" in this Subsection) must, after separation from service, make an appearance at the Public Employment Security Office and apply for employment as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(3)The recognition of unemployment is to be given by the Public Employment Security Office to which a qualified recipient has applied for employment, once every four weeks calculated from the day on which the person first made an appearance after separation from service, with regard to each day of the immediately preceding 28 days; provided, however, that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may specify differently with regard to the recognition of unemployment for qualified recipients who take public vocational training, etc. designated by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office (meaning vocational training (including training conducted by the Polytechnic University) conducted by Public Human Resources Development Centers established by the State, prefectures or municipalities or the Employment and Human Resources Development Organization of Japan and other training or courses given pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations, for assisting unemployed persons in adapting to the working environment or for having them acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for obtaining employment and that are specified by Cabinet Order; the same applies hereinafter) and for other qualified recipients specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(4)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, if a qualified recipient falls under any of the following items, the recipient may obtain the recognition of unemployment by submitting a certificate in which the reason that they were unable to make an appearance at the Public Employment Security Office is stated, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare:

(5)The recognition of unemployment is to be given by confirming that the qualified recipient has carried out job-seeking activities, such as undergoing an interview with a job offerer, having been referred to employment by or having received vocational guidance from the Public Employment Security Office and other employment security agencies or employment placement service providers, etc., as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 16(1)The daily amount of the basic allowance is to be an amount obtained by multiplying the daily amount of wages by 50 percent (for daily amount of wages of more than 2,140 yen and less than 4,210 yen (when the amount has been changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, the changed amount), 80 percent; and for daily amount of wages of more than 4,210 yen and less than 12,220 yen (when the amount has been changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, the changed amount), the percentage specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, gradually decreasing within the range of 80 percent to 50 percent, in accordance with the increase in the daily amount of wages).

(2)With regard to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph to qualified recipients who are 60 years old or older and under 65 years old on the day of separation from service pertaining to their recipient qualification, the term "50 percent" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "45 percent" and the phrase "more than 4,210 yen and less than 12,220 yen" is deemed to be replaced with "more than 4,210 yen and less than 10,950 yen."

Article 17(1)The daily amount of wages is to be the amount obtained by dividing by 180 the total amount of wages (excluding wages paid temporarily and wages paid for each period exceeding three months; the same applies in the following paragraph and Section 6) paid during the last six months in the period for calculation that have been counted as the insured period under the provisions of Article 14 (excluding the proviso of paragraph (1) (including cases where that proviso is applied pursuant to paragraph (2) of the same Article, following deemed replacement of terms)) (where the last six months include an insured period counted as half a month under the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (1) as applied pursuant to paragraph (2) of that Article, following the deemed replacement of terms, the last six months counted as the insured period when the half a month is deemed to be one month in calculating the insured period).

(2)In the case where the amount calculated under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is less than the amount listed in each of the following items, the daily amount of wages (excluding those related to qualified recipients who were part-time insured workers on the day of separation from service pertaining to their recipient qualification) is to be the amount listed in the respective items, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph:

(3)When it is difficult to calculate the daily amount of wages pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs or when it is found inappropriate to consider the amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs to be the daily amount of wages, the amount calculated as specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to be the daily amount of wages.

(4)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, in the case where the daily amount of wages calculated under these provisions is less than the amount listed in item (i), the amount listed therein, and in the case where such daily amount of wages exceeds the amount listed in item (ii), the amount listed therein, is to be the daily amount of wages, respectively:

Article 18(1)When the average earnings (meaning the average amount earned per worker calculated as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, based on the average regular earnings for workers indicated in the Monthly Labor Statistics compiled by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the same applies hereinafter) for a fiscal year (meaning April 1 to March 31 of the following year, the same applies hereinafter) have either exceeded or fallen below the average earnings for the fiscal year starting on April 1, 2001 (when the amount subject to automatic changing has been changed pursuant to the provisions of this Article, the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year when the latest change was implemented), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must change the daily amount of wages subject to automatic changing applicable from August 1 of the following fiscal year in accordance with the percentage of the increase or decrease.

(2)If there is a fractional amount of one to four yen in the amount subject to automatic changing which was changed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the amount is to be rounded down to the nearest ten yen, and a fractional amount of five to nine yen is to be rounded up to the nearest ten yen.

(3)"The amount subject to automatic changing" referred to in the preceding two paragraphs means the amounts used in calculating the daily amount of the basic allowance pursuant to the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) (including as applied pursuant to paragraph (2) of the same Article, following the deemed replacement of terms), being the daily wage in the scope of 2,140 yen to less than 4,210 yen, which is multiplied by 80 percent pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the same Article and the daily wage in the scope of 4,210 yen to less than 12,220 yen, which is multiplied by a rate from 80 percent to 50 percent pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph and the amounts listed in each item of paragraph (4) of the preceding Article.

Article 19(1)If a qualified recipient has earned an income through labor during a period for which the recipient has obtained the recognition of unemployment, payment of the basic allowance for the number of days on which the income have been based (hereinafter referred to as the "number of basis days" in this paragraph) is as specified by the following provisions:

(2)When the average earnings for the fiscal year have exceeded or fallen below the average earnings for the fiscal year starting on April 1, 2001 (when the amount of deduction has been changed pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year when the latest change was implemented), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must change the amount of deduction applicable from August 1 of the following fiscal year in accordance with the percentage of the increase or decrease.

(3)When a qualified recipient has earned an income through labor during a period for which the recipient has obtained the recognition of unemployment, they must submit a notification on the amount of income and other matters to the chief of the Public Employment Security Office, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 20(1)The basic allowance is paid, unless otherwise specified in this Act, in accordance with the classification of qualified recipients listed in the following items, for the days of unemployment within the period prescribed in each of those items (where a qualified recipient, who is unable to work for a continuous period of 30 days or more within the period due to pregnancy, childbirth or childcare or for other reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, has notified to that effect to the chief of the Public Employment Security Office as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the number of days for which the person is unable to work due to those reasons are to be added to the period and where the total period after that addition exceeds four years, the prescribed period is to be four years), within the limit of the number of days equivalent to the prescribed duration of benefits provided for in Article 22, paragraph (1):

(2)When a qualified recipient whose separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification is due to reaching retirement age (limited to the retirement age equal to or exceeding the age specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) or for any other reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, does not wish to apply for employment as prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (2) during a certain period after the separation from service, and notifies to this effect to the chief of the Public Employment Security Office as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the phrases "in accordance with the classification of qualified recipient listed in the following items...within the period prescribed in each of those items" and "within the period" in the preceding paragraph are deemed to be replaced, respectively, with "within the total of the period prescribed in each of the items and the period equivalent to a certain period (limited to one year) during which the recipient does not wish to apply for employment as prescribed in the following paragraph (where the recipient has applied for employment as prescribed in Article 15, paragraph (2) during the certain period in which they do not wish to apply for employment, the total of the period prescribed in each of those items and a period equivalent to the period from the day after the day of separation from service pertaining to recipient qualification for the basic allowance (hereinafter referred to as "the basis day" in this Subsection) until the day before the application for employment is made" and "within the total period"; and the phrase "the day of separation from service pertaining to recipient qualification for the basic allowance (hereinafter referred to as "the basis day" in this Subsection)" in item (i) of the same paragraph is be deemed to be replaced with "the basis day."

(3)In the case referred to in the preceding two paragraphs, when a person who has the recipient qualification referred to in paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as "previous recipient qualification" in this paragraph) has newly obtained a recipient qualification, a recipient qualification for the elderly prescribed in Article 37-3, paragraph (2), or a special recipient qualification prescribed in Article 39, paragraph (2) during the period under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, the basic allowance based on the previous recipient qualification will not be paid from the date of obtaining the new qualification.

Article 21The basic allowance is not paid if a qualified recipient has been unemployed for a period of less than seven days in total (including days on which the recipient is unable to work on account of disease or injury) from the day of the first application for employment to the Public Employment Security Office after separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification for the basic allowance.

Article 22(1)The number of days for which the basic allowance is payable based on single recipient qualification (hereinafter referred to as the "prescribed duration of benefits") is to be the number of days specified in each of the following items in accordance with the classification of qualified recipients listed in the respective items:

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the prescribed duration of benefits for qualified recipients set forth in the preceding paragraph who have difficulty in finding employment for reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is to be the number of days specified in the following items in accordance with the classification of qualified recipients listed in those items for those with a basic period for calculation equal to or exceeding one year, and 150 days for those with a basic period for calculation of less than one year:

(3)The basic period for calculation referred to in the preceding two paragraphs is to be the period in which a qualified recipient specified in those provisions has been employed as an insured person in a covered undertaking by the same employer continuously until the basis day (for a person who had at one time been an insured person before the person became an insured person pertaining to the employment period, the total of that employment period and the period for which they were the insured person); provided, however, that in the case where the period includes periods listed in the following items, the period is to be that calculated by excluding all the periods falling under the periods listed in those respective items:

(4)With regard to a single insured period, if the day on which a person became an insured person was before the day two years preceding the day on which confirmation of the person's status as an insured person was made pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, the calculations under the preceding paragraph are to be carried out by deeming that the person has become an insured person on the day two years preceding the day of the confirmation.

Article 23(1)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the prescribed duration of benefits for specific qualified recipients (limited to those with the basic period for calculation prescribed in paragraph (3) of the preceding Article (hereinafter simply referred to as "basic period for calculation" in this Article) for one year or more (or for five years for the specific qualified recipients listed in items (iii) through (v)) is to be the number of days specified in the following items, in accordance with the classification of the specific qualified recipients listed in those items:

(2)The specific qualified recipients set forth in the preceding paragraph are qualified recipients who fall under either of the following items (excluding qualified recipients prescribed in paragraph (2) of the preceding Article):

Article 24(1)When a qualified recipient takes public vocational training, etc. as directed by the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office (excluding the training, etc. that exceeds the duration specified by Cabinet Order; hereinafter the same applies in this Article, Article 36, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 41, paragraph (1)), the basic allowance may be paid to the person for a period in excess of the prescribed duration of benefits (if the number of days for which the qualified recipient has received payment of the basic allowance within the period under Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2) is less than the prescribed duration of benefits, the number of days for which the recipient has received payment of the basic allowance; hereinafter the same applies in this Section, except for Article 33, paragraph (3)), with regard to days when the person is unemployed during the duration of the public vocational training, etc. (including period of time that the person spends waiting in order to receive the public vocational training, etc. (limited to the period specified by Cabinet Order)).

(2)When the chief of the Public Employment Security Office finds, in light of criteria specified by Cabinet Order, that a qualified recipient receiving public vocational training, etc. they directed to undergo (limited to qualified recipients for whom the remaining number of basic allowance benefit days as on the day of completion of the public vocational training, etc. (meaning the number of days for which the basic allowance is payable within the period from the day after the day of completion of the course of public vocational training, etc. to the last day of the benefit period (meaning the period for which the basic allowance is payable for days they are unemployed within the period; the same applies hereinafter) in the case where the provisions of paragraph (4) are considered not to apply; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (4)) is less than the number of days specified by Cabinet Order), is a person who has considerable difficulty in finding employment even after completion of the public vocational training, etc., the basic allowance may be paid to that person in excess of the prescribed duration of benefits with regard to the days they are unemployed within the period prescribed in paragraph (4).In this case, the number of days for which the basic allowance is payable in excess of the prescribed duration of benefits is limited to the number of days obtained by deducting the remaining number of benefit days from the number of days specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in the first sentence of this paragraph.

(3)When a qualified recipient who receives payment of the basic allowance pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) takes public vocational training, etc. as directed by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office in excess of the duration of benefits prescribed in Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2), that person's benefit period is to be the period until the day of completion of the public vocational training, etc., notwithstanding these provisions.

(4)Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2), the benefit period for a qualified recipient who receives payment of the basic allowance under the provisions of paragraph (2) is to be the period obtained by adding to the period specified in these provisions the number of days obtained by deducting the remaining number of benefit days from the number of days specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in the first sentence of paragraph (2) of this Article (for persons who take public vocational training, etc. as directed by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office in excess of the duration of benefits prescribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the same Article and who are qualified to receive payment of the basic allowance pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), with regard to the day of completion of the public vocational training, etc., the period from that day until the day on which the number of days specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in the first sentence of paragraph (2) have elapsed).

Article 25(1)When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that it is difficult for job applicants residing in a certain area to find employment in the area, based on employment and other conditions in the area, has formulated plans to promote the employment of the job applicants in other areas and has had the relevant Prefectural Labor Director and the chief of the Public Employment Security Offices carry out employment placement activities over a wide area based on these plans (hereinafter referred to as "wide area employment placement activities" in this Article), and also finds it necessary in light of the standards specified by Cabinet Order for the area covered by the wide area employment placement activities, the Minister may make a decision on the measures for paying the basic allowance to qualified recipients whom the chief of the Public Employment Security Office certifies to be appropriate to be referred to employment through wide area employment placement activities for the area, in excess of the prescribed duration of benefits, with regard to the days the applicants are unemployed within the period prescribed in paragraph (4), but limited to the period designated by the Minister.In this case, the number of days for which the basic allowance is payable in excess of the prescribed duration of benefits is to be limited to the number of benefit days specified by Cabinet Order.

(2)When a person who is qualified to receive payment of the basic allowance based on the measures set forth in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "wide area extended benefits") has changed their domicile or residence to a place within the area designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the basic allowance may continue to be paid based on the measures.

(3)In certifying whether or not a qualified recipient is appropriate for referral to employment through wide area employment placement activities, the certification of the chief of the Public Employment Security Office must conform to the standards specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(4)Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2), the benefit period for a qualified recipient who is to receive payment of the wide area extended benefits is to be the period obtained by adding the number of days specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in the second sentence of paragraph (1) to the period specified in these provisions.

Article 26(1)The basic allowance based on the measures referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article is not paid to a qualified recipient who, on or after the day on which the decision on the measures was made, has relocated from another area to the area covered by the measures and has been found to have no special reason for the relocation.

(2)In certifying whether or not there is any special reason prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the certification is to be made by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office in accordance with the standards specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 27(1)The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may, when there has been a severe nationwide worsening of unemployment situation reaching the standards specified by Cabinet Order, and the Minister finds it necessary from the perspective of employment prospects for qualified recipients, make a decision on measures to pay the basic allowance to qualified recipients in excess of the prescribed duration of benefits, for a limited period designated by the Minister, with regard to the days the recipients are unemployed within the period prescribed in paragraph (3).In this case, the number of days for which the basic allowance is payable in excess of the prescribed duration of benefits is to be limited to the number of days specified by Cabinet Order.

(2)The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, when finding it necessary in light of the standards specified by Cabinet Order after having made a decision on the measures referred to in the preceding paragraph, may extend the period designated under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (when the period has been extended under the provisions of this paragraph, that extended period).

(3)Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2), the benefit period for a qualified recipient who is qualified to receive payment of the basic allowance based on the measures referred to in paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as the "national extended benefits") is to be the period obtained by adding the number of days specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in the second sentence of paragraph (1) to the period specified in these provisions.

Article 28(1)With regard to qualified recipients receiving the wide area extended benefits, unless payment of the wide area extended benefits has ended, the national extended benefits and the training extended benefits (meaning payment of the basic allowance under the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2); the same applies hereinafter) are not paid; with regard to qualified recipients receiving the national extended benefits, unless payment of the national extended benefits has ended, the training extended benefits are not paid.

(2)If it has been decided that the wide area extended benefits or the national extended benefits is to be paid to a qualified recipient receiving the training extended benefits, the training extended benefits are not be paid to the person when such extended benefits are being paid; if it has been decided that the wide area extended benefits are to be paid to a qualified recipient receiving the national extended benefits, the national extended benefits are not paid to the person when the wide area extended benefits are being paid.

(3)Beyond what is set forth in the preceding two paragraphs, the number of days for which the basic allowance is payable, the benefit period, and other matters necessary for the adjustment of extended benefits for qualified recipients who consecutively receive payment of various kinds of extended benefits prescribed in paragraph (1), are specified by Cabinet Order.

Article 29(1)If a qualified recipient receiving the training extended benefits (limited to payment of the basic allowance under the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (2); the same applies in Article 32, paragraph (1)), the wide area extended benefits, or the national extended benefits has refused, without legitimate grounds, to take up the employment which has been referred to by the Public Employment Security Office, to take a course of public vocational training, etc., as directed by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office, or to receive the vocational guidance necessary for facilitating re-employment given by the Public Employment Security Office in accordance with the standards specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the basic allowance is not to be paid as from the date of the refusal; provided, however, that this does not apply when the person has newly obtained recipient qualification.

(2)The chief of the Public Employment Security Office is to certify whether or not there are legitimate grounds prescribed in the preceding paragraph in accordance with the standards specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 30(1)The basic allowance is to be paid once every four weeks, with regard to the days for which the recognition of unemployment has been given, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; provided, however, that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may specify differently for the payment of the basic allowance to qualified recipients who take a course of public vocational training, etc., as directed by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office and to other qualified recipients as specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(2)The chief of the Public Employment Security Office is to specify the date to pay the basic allowance to each qualified recipient and inform the recipient thereof.

Article 31(1)A person, who demands under the provisions of Article 10-3, paragraph (1) for payment of the basic allowance for a period for which the recognition of unemployment could not be obtained due to the death of the qualified recipient, must obtain the recognition of unemployment for the qualified recipient pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(2)If a qualified recipient set forth in the preceding paragraph falls under the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (1), the person who is to be paid the unpaid part of the basic allowance pursuant to the provisions of Article 10-3, paragraph (1) must, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, notify the amount of income referred to in Article 19, paragraph (1) and other matters to the chief of the Public Employment Security Office.

Article 32(1)If a qualified recipient (excluding one who is receiving the training extended benefits, wide area extended benefits, or national extended benefits; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) has refused to take up the employment which has been referred to by the Public Employment Security Office or to take a course of public vocational training, etc., as directed by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office, the basic allowance is not to be paid for one month as from the date of the refusal; provided, however, that this does not apply to the case where the person falls under any of the following items:

(2)If a qualified recipient has refused, without legitimate grounds, to receive vocational guidance necessary for facilitating re-employment given by the Public Employment Security Office in accordance with the standards specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the basic allowance is not paid during the period specified by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office within a limit not exceeding one month calculated from the day of the refusal.

(3)The chief of the Public Employment Security Office is to certify whether a qualified recipient falls under any of the items of paragraph (1) and whether any legitimate grounds prescribed in the preceding paragraph exists, in accordance with the standards specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 33(1)If an insured person has been dismissed due to serious grounds attributable to themselves or has resigned voluntarily without legitimate grounds, the basic allowance is not to be paid for a period specified by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office of one month or more and less than three months, following the expiration of the period prescribed in Article 21; provided, however, that this does not apply to a period during which the person takes public vocational training, etc. as directed by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office, nor to a period after the day of completion of the public vocational training, etc.

(2)The chief of the Public Employment Security Office is to certify whether or not a qualified recipient falls under any of the cases set forth in the preceding paragraph, in accordance with the standards specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(3)When the basic allowance is not payable under the provisions of paragraph (1) with regard to the separation from service pertaining to recipient qualification for the basic allowance and the period obtained by adding to the period in which the basic allowance is not payable the number of days specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in the range of more than 7 days and less than 30 days and the number of days equivalent to the prescribed duration of benefits pertaining to the recipient qualification exceeds one year (a period obtained by adding 60 days to one year for a qualified recipient who falls under Article 22, paragraph (2), item (i) on the day of separation from service pertaining to recipient qualification for the basic allowance), notwithstanding the provisions of Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2), the benefit period for the qualified recipient is to be the period obtained by adding to the period prescribed in these provisions the period in excess of one year.

(4)With regard to qualified recipients falling under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the term "Article 20, paragraphs (1) and (2)" in Article 24, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 33, paragraph (1)."

(5)When a qualified recipient falling under the provisions of paragraph (3) receives payment of the wide area extended benefits, national extended benefits, or training extended benefits, the necessary matters concerning adjustments of the benefit period for the person are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Article 34(1)The basic allowance is not paid to a person who has received or attempted to receive payment of the job applicant benefits or employment promotion benefits by deception or other wrongful acts, as from the day on which the person received or attempted to receive payment of those benefits; provided, however, that if there are unavoidable circumstances, the whole or a part of the basic allowance may be paid.

(2)If a person prescribed in the preceding paragraph has newly obtained recipient qualification after the day prescribed in the same paragraph, the basic allowance based on the newly obtained qualification is to be paid, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

(3)Even if a qualified recipient has, because of having had payment of the basic allowance withheld under the provisions of paragraph (1), become unable to receive payment of the basic allowance for the entire number of benefit days for which the recipient would otherwise have been qualified to receive payment of the basic allowance based on the recipient qualification, with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (3), it is deemed that the payment of the basic allowance based on the recipient qualification has been made.

(4)If a qualified recipient has, because of having had payment of the basic allowance withheld under the provisions of paragraph (1), become unable to receive payment of the basic allowance, as from the day prescribed in the same paragraph, for the whole or a part of the number of benefit days for which the recipient would otherwise have been qualified to receive payment of the basic allowance based on the recipient qualification, with respect to the application of the provisions of Article 37, paragraph (4), it is deemed that the payment of the basic allowance for the number of benefit days for which it has been decided that the basic allowance is not payable has been made.

Article 35(1)In the case where the following grounds have arisen during a period in which an insured person was continuously employed in a covered undertaking by the same employer, with regard to the application of the provisions of this Subsection (excluding Article 15, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 20, paragraph (2), Article 21, Article 23, and Article 33), and Article 56-2, paragraph (3), item (i) and Article 57, paragraph (1) (limited to separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification), it is deemed that the insured person has been separated from service on the day before the day on which the grounds have arisen:

(2)With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 14 in cases prescribed in the preceding paragraph, it is deemed that the insured person has ceased to be an insured person on the day on which the grounds listed in each item of the preceding paragraph have arisen and has newly become an insured person on the same day.

(3)With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 20, paragraph (1) in the cases prescribed in paragraph (1), the phrase "the period prescribed in each of the items (... within the period)" in Article 20, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "the total period obtained by adding the period prescribed in each of the items to the period equivalent to the period from the day after the day of separation from service until the last day of the period in which the person was continuously employed as an insured person in a covered undertaking by the same employer (when that period exceeds three years, three years) (... within the total period)."

(4)With regard to the application of the provisions of Article 24, paragraphs (1), (3) and (4), Article 25, paragraph (4), Article 27, paragraph (3), and Article 33, paragraphs (3) and (4) in cases prescribed in paragraph (1), the term "Article 20, paragraph (1)" in these provisions is deemed to be replaced with "Article 20, paragraph (1) (including as applied pursuant to Article 35, paragraph (3) following the deemed replacement of terms)", the term "paragraph (1) of the same Article" in Article 24, paragraph (4) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 20, paragraph (1) (including as applied pursuant to Article 35, paragraph (3) following the deemed replacement of terms)", the term "Article 24, paragraph (1)" in Article 33, paragraph (4) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 24, paragraph (1) as applied pursuant to Article 35, paragraph (4) following the deemed replacement of terms" and the term " Article 33, paragraph (3)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 33, paragraph (3) (including as applied pursuant to Article 35, paragraph (4) following the deemed replacement of terms)."

Article 36(1)When a qualified recipient takes a course of public vocational training, etc., as directed by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office, skill acquisition allowance is paid for the period of the course.

(2)When a qualified recipient takes up lodging separately from cohabiting relatives whom the recipient is supporting financially (including a person with whom a marriage is not registered but with whom the recipient is in a de facto marital relationship; the same applies in Article 58, paragraph (2)) in order to take public vocational training, etc. as directed by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office, lodging allowance is paid for the period of lodging.

(3)The skill acquisition allowance and the lodging allowance are not paid for the period for which the basic allowance is not to be paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraphs (1) and (2) or Article 33, paragraph (1).

(4)The requirements for payment and the amount of the skill acquisition allowance and of the lodging allowance are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(5)The provisions of Article 34, paragraphs (1) and (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the skill acquisition allowance and the lodging allowance.

Article 37(1)If a qualified recipient becomes unable to work due to disease or injury after making an appearance and applying for employment at the Public Employment Security Office following separation from service, injury and disease allowance is to be paid, within the limit of the number of days equivalent to the number of days prescribed in paragraph (4), with regard to the days within the period prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (1) (including as applied pursuant to Article 35, paragraph (3) following the deemed replacement of terms; the same applies in Article 56-2, paragraphs (1), item (i), paragraph (3), item (i), Article 57, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 78) and Article 20, paragraph (2) (for those falling under the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (3) (including as applied pursuant to Article 35, paragraph (4) following the deemed replacement of terms; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph, Article 56-2, paragraph (1), item (i) and paragraph (3), item (i), and Article 57, paragraphs (1) and (2)), the period prescribed in Article 33, paragraph (3), and for those falling under the provisions of Article 57, paragraph (1) the period prescribed in the paragraph), during which payment of the basic allowance could not be received due to disease or injury (limited to those days with regard to which recognition of the fact that the recipient cannot receive payment of the basic allowance for disease or injury has been obtained).

(2)The certification set forth in the preceding paragraph is given by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

(3)The daily amount of the injury and disease allowance is the amount equivalent to the daily amount of the basic allowance under the provisions of Article 16.

(4)The number of days for which the injury and disease allowance is payable is the number of days obtained by deducting from the prescribed duration of benefits for the qualified recipient that have obtained the recognition referred to in paragraph (1), the number of days for which the basic allowance has already been paid to the qualified recipient based on the recipient qualification.

(5)The injury and disease allowance is not paid for a period for which the basic allowance is not to be paid pursuant to the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1) or (2) or Article 33, paragraph (1).

(6)When the injury and disease allowance has been paid, with regard to the application of the provisions of this Act (excluding the provisions of Article 10-4 and Article 34), the basic allowance is deemed to have been paid for the number of days equivalent to the number of days for which the injury and disease allowance was paid.

(7)The injury and disease allowance is paid, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, for the days which the certification referred to in paragraph (1) has been obtained, on the day on which payment of the basic allowance is due for the first time after the grounds that the person cannot take up the employment have ceased to exist (if there is no day on which payment of the basic allowance is due after the grounds that the person cannot take up the employment has ceased to exist, the day designated by the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office); provided, however, that the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, when they find it necessary, may specify differently for the payment of the injury and disease allowance.

(8)The injury and disease allowance is not paid when a qualified recipient who has obtained the recognition referred to in paragraph (1), with regard to the days for which the certification was obtained, is able to receive payment of the injury and disease allowance prescribed in Article 99 of the Health Insurance Act (Act No. 70 of 1922), the compensation for absence from work prescribed in Article 76 of the Labor Standards Act (Act No. 49 of 1947), the temporary absence from work compensation benefits or the temporary absence from work benefits prescribed in the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act (Act No. 50 of 1947), or other benefits equivalent thereto that are specified by Cabinet Order from among the benefits provided pursuant to laws and regulations (including ordinances or rules based on the provisions of laws and regulations).

(9)The provisions of Article 19, Article 21, Article 31 and Article 34, paragraphs (1) and (2) apply mutatis mutandis to the injury and disease allowance.In this case, the term "certification of unemployment" in Article 19, paragraphs (1) and (3) and Article 31, paragraph (1) is deemed to be replaced with "certification referred to in Article 37, paragraph (1)."

Article 61(1)The basic continuous employment benefits for the elderly are paid for the months subject to payment where the amount of wages paid (where there are wages, payment of which could not be received in the months subject to payment due to misconduct, disease or other reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the amount calculated by deeming that those wages have been paid; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph, the items of paragraphs (4) and (5) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) of the following Article) and paragraph (1) of the same Article), to an insured person (excluding specially insured persons in short-term employment and insured day workers; hereinafter the same applies in this Subsection) in the month subject to payment (when the insured person has ceased to fall under item (i), the months subject to payment after the month subject to payment containing the day on which the person ceased to fall under the same item), has fallen below an amount equivalent to 75 percent of the amount obtained by multiplying by 30 the amount equivalent to the daily amount of wages calculated where the provisions of Article 17 (excluding paragraph (3)) are applied, deeming the insured person as a qualified recipient and the day on which the insured person reached 60 years of age (when the insured person has ceased to fall under item (i), the day on which the person ceased to fall under the same item) as the day of separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification (hereinafter referred to as the "amount deemed to be the daily amount of wages" in this Article); provided, however, that this does not apply when the case falls under any of the following items:

(2)The term "months subject to payment" as used in this Article means the months within the period from the month containing the day on which the insured person reached 60 years of age until the month containing the day on which they reach 65 years of age (limited to months in which the person was continuously insured from the first to the last day of the month and in which they did not take absence from work for which they could receive payment of the basic childcare leave benefits or nursing care leave benefits).

(3)When the deemed daily wage amount is calculated pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), with regard to the application of the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (4), the term "the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs" in the same paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2)."

(4)When it is not possible or it is difficult to calculate the deemed daily wage amount pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), or where it is found inappropriate to apply the provisions of the same paragraph using the deemed daily wage amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of the same paragraph, the deemed daily wage amount calculated as specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.In this case, the provisions of Article 17, paragraph (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the deemed daily wage amount calculated pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph.

(5)The amount of the basic continuous employment benefits for the elderly for a single month subject to payment is the amount obtained, in accordance with the classification listed in the following items, by multiplying the amount of wages paid in the month subject to payment by the rates prescribed in the items; provided, however, that where the amount obtained by adding the amount of wages to that amount exceeds the payment amount limit, it is to be the amount obtained by deducting the amount of wages from the payment amount limit:

(6)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, the basic continuous employment benefits for the elderly are not paid for the month subject to payment, when the amount calculated as the amount of the basic continuous employment benefits for the elderly for the month subject to payment does not exceed the amount equivalent to 80 percent of the amount listed in Article 17, paragraph (4), item (i) (when that amount has been changed pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, the changed amount).

(7)When the average earnings for the fiscal year have either exceeded or fallen below the average earnings for the year beginning on April 1, 2001 (where the payment amount limit has been changed pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year of the most recent change), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must change the payment amount limit applicable from August 1 of the following fiscal year, in accordance with the rate of increase or decrease.

Article 61-2(1)The re-employment benefits for the elderly are paid for the months subject to payment after re-employment, where a qualified recipient (limited to one whose basic period for calculation pursuant to the provisions of Article 22, paragraph (3) as on the day of separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification is not less than five years and who has received payment of the basic allowance based on the recipient qualification) has become an insured person due to taking stable employment on or after the day on which the insured person reached 60 years of age, and when the amount of wages paid to the insured person in the months subject to payment after re-employment has fallen below the amount equivalent to 75 percent of the amount obtained by multiplying by 30 the daily amount of wages, which was the basis of the calculation of the daily amount of the basic allowance; provided, however, that this does not apply when the case falls under any of the following items:

(2)The "months subject to payment after re-employment" referred to in the preceding paragraph, means the months within the period between the month containing the employment day and the month containing the day on which two years (for an insured person referred to in the same paragraph whose remaining number of payment days on the day before the employment day is less than 200 days, one year) have elapsed from the day after the employment day (where the month is a month after the month in which the insured person referred to in the same paragraph reaches 65 years of age, the month in which the person reaches 65 years of age) (limited to months in which the person was continuously insured from the first to the last day of the month and in which they did not take absence from work for which they could receive payment of the basic childcare leave benefits or nursing care benefits).

(3)The provisions of paragraphs (5) and (6) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the amount of the re-employment benefits for the elderly.In this case, the terms in paragraph (5) of the same Article "for a single month subject to payment", "the month subject to payment" and "the amount deemed to be the daily amount of wages" are deemed to be replaced, respectively, with "for a single month subject to payment after re-employment (meaning the months subject to payment after the re-employment prescribed in paragraph (2) of the following Article; the same applies in paragraph (6) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) of the following Article)", "the month subject to payment after re-employment" and "the daily amount of wages referred to in paragraph (1) of the following Article"; and the terms in paragraph (6) of the same Article "paragraph (1)" and "the month subject to payment" are deemed to be replaced, respectively, with "paragraph (1) of the following Article" and "the month subject to payment after re-employment."

(4)If a person who is able to receive payment of the re-employment benefits for the elderly is qualified to receive payment of the employment promotion allowance (limited to an allowance pertaining to persons falling under Article 56-2, paragraph (1), item (i), (b); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) with regard to the same employment, the re-employment benefits for the elderly are not paid when the person has received payment of the employment promotion allowance, and the employment promotion allowance are not paid when the person has received payment of the re-employment benefits for the elderly.

Article 61-3The continuous employment benefits for the elderly prescribed in the following items are not paid to a person who has received or attempted to receive payment of the benefits for unemployment, etc., listed in the same items by deception or other wrongful acts, starting from the day on which the person received or attempted to receive payment of the benefits; provided, however, that in the case where there are unavoidable reasons, the whole or a part of the continuous employment benefits for the elderly may be paid:

Article 61-4(1)The basic childcare leave benefits are paid for the payment unit period where an insured person (excluding continuously insured elderly persons, specially insured persons in short-term employment, and insured day workers; hereinafter the same applies in this Subsection and the following Subsection) has, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, taken absence from work in order to take care of their child under one year old (when falling under the case specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as the case found especially necessary to take absence from work on or after the day on which the child reaches one year of age for the purpose of continuing employment, one and half years old), when the period deemed to be the insured period is a total of 12 months or more within the two-year period preceding the day on which the absence was commenced (for an insured person who was continuously unable to receive payment of wages for 30 days or more due to disease, injury or other reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare during the two-year period preceding the day on which the absence was commenced, two years added to the number of days for which payment of wages could not be received due to the reason (when that total period exceeds four years; four years)).

(2)The "period deemed to be the insured period" referred to in the preceding paragraph is the period equivalent to the insured period to be calculated when the provisions of Article 14 (excluding paragraph (2)) have been applied, deeming the day on which the absence from work prescribed in the preceding paragraph was commenced was the day on which the person ceased to be an insured person. In this case, with regard to the application of the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (3) of the same Article, the term "14 days" in paragraph (1) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "11 days"; the terms "of the preceding two paragraphs" and "in the preceding two paragraphs" in paragraph (3) of the same Article are deemed to be replaced, respectively, with "of paragraph (1)" and "in the same paragraph."

(3)The "payment unit period" in this Article and paragraph (2) of the following Article means a single period when the period of absence from work taken pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) has been classified into each period from the day on which the absence was commenced or the day corresponding to that day in each month within the period of the absence (for a month which does not have a day corresponding to that day, the last day of the month; hereinafter referred to as the "corresponding absence commencement day" in this paragraph and item (ii) of the following paragraph) until the day before the corresponding absence commencement day in each successive month (for the month containing the day on which the absence ended, the day on which the absence ended), in accordance with the classification.

(4)The amount of the basic childcare leave benefits for a single payment unit period is an amount equivalent to 30 percent of the amount obtained by multiplying the amount equivalent to the daily amount of wages to be calculated when the provisions of Article 17 have been applied, deeming the person qualified to receive payment of the basic childcare leave benefits as a qualified recipient and the day before the day on which the qualified recipient commenced the absence pertaining to payment of the basic childcare leave benefits as the day of separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification (hereinafter referred to as the "daily amount of wages at the commencement of absence" in this Subsection), by the duration of benefits prescribed in the following items in accordance with the classification of payment unit periods listed in the same items (referred to as the "duration of benefits" in this paragraph and paragraph (2) of the following Article). In this case, with regard to the application of the provisions of the same Article, the term "where it is difficult" in paragraph (3) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "when it is not possible or difficult"; the term "item (ii)" in paragraph (4) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "item (ii), (c)":

(5)Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, when wages have been paid during the payment unit period to the insured person who has taken the absence from work prescribed in paragraph (1) by the employer who employs the insured person, when the amount obtained by adding the amount of the basic childcare leave benefits for the payment unit period to the amount of wages exceeds the amount equivalent to 80 percent of the amount obtained by multiplying the daily amount of wages at the commencement of absence by the duration of benefits, the amount obtained by deducting the amount of wages from the amount equivalent to 80 percent of the amount obtained by multiplying the daily amount of wages at the commencement of absence by the duration of benefits is the amount of the basic childcare leave benefits for the payment unit period.In this case, when the amount of wages is not less than the amount equivalent to 80 percent of the amount obtained by multiplying the daily amount of wages at the commencement of absence by the duration of benefits, notwithstanding the provisions of the same paragraph, the basic childcare leave benefits are not paid for the payment unit period for which the wages were paid.

Article 61-5(1)The re-engagement benefits for persons taking childcare leave are to be paid when an insured person who is able to receive payment of the basic childcare leave benefits has been employed by the employer who employed the person as an insured person during the period of the absence from work pertaining to the basic childcare leave benefits which they are able to receive, for six months or more continuously on or after the day on which the absence was ended.

(2)The amount of the re-engagement benefits for persons taking childcare leave is the amount obtained by multiplying the amount equivalent to 10 percent of the daily amount of wages at the commencement of absence pertaining to the basic childcare leave benefits which they are able to receive during the payment unit period, by the total duration of benefits for the payment unit periods (limited to periods for which payment of the basic childcare leave benefits may be received) during the period of absence referred to in the preceding paragraph was taken.

Article 61-6(1)The childcare leave benefits are not paid to a person who has received or attempted to receive payment of the basic childcare leave benefits by deception or other wrongful acts, starting from the day on which the person received or attempted to receive payment of the benefits; provided, however, that in the case where there are unavoidable reasons, the whole or a part of the childcare leave benefits may be paid.

(2)If a person who is unable to receive payment of the childcare leave benefits pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph has newly taken absence as prescribed in Article 61-4, paragraph (1), following the day prescribed in the preceding paragraph, and has become a person able to receive payment of the basic childcare leave benefits, the childcare leave benefits pertaining to the absence are paid notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 61-7(1)The nursing care leave benefits are paid for the payment unit period where an insured person has, as prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, taken absence from work in order to take care of their specified family members (meaning the insured person's spouse (including a person in a relationship with the insured person where a marital relationship is de facto, though a marriage has not been registered; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), parents, children (including those specified as being equivalent by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) and the parents of the insured person's spouse; hereinafter the same applies in this Article), when the period deemed to be the insured period is a total of 12 months or more within the two-year period preceding the day on which the absence was commenced (for an insured person who was continuously unable to receive payment of wages for 30 days or more due to disease, injury of other reasons specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare during the two-year period preceding the day on which the absence was commenced, two years added to the number of days for which payment of wages could not be received due to the reason (when that period exceeds four years, four years)).

(2)The "period deemed to be the insured period" referred to in the preceding paragraph is the period equivalent to the insured period to be calculated when the provisions of Article 14 (excluding paragraph (2)) have been applied, deeming the day on which the leave prescribed in the preceding paragraph was commenced to be the day on which the person ceased to be an insured person. In this case, with regard to the application of the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (3) of the same Article, the term "14 days" in paragraph (1) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "11 days"; the terms "of the preceding two paragraphs" and "in the preceding two paragraphs" in paragraph (3) of the same Article are deemed to be replaced, respectively, with "of paragraph (1)" and "in the same paragraph."

(3)The "payment unit period" in this Article means a single period when the period of absence under the provisions of paragraph (1) was taken (limited to the period until the day on which three months have elapsed since the day on which the absence taken in order to take nursing care of the specified family members was commenced) has been classified into each period from the day on which the absence was commenced or the day corresponding to that day in each month within the period of the absence (for a month which does not have a day corresponding to that day, the last day of the month, hereinafter referred to as the "corresponding absence commencement day" in this paragraph and item (ii) of the following paragraph) until the day before the corresponding absence commencement day in each successive month (for the month containing the day on which the absence was ended, the day on which the absence ended), in accordance with the classification.

(4)The amount of the basic nursing care leave benefits for a single payment unit period, is to be an amount equivalent to 40 percent of the amount obtained by multiplying the amount equivalent to the daily amount of wages to be calculated when the provisions of Article 17 have been applied, deeming the person who is able to receive payment of the basic nursing care leave benefits to be a qualified recipient and the day before the day on which the qualified recipient commenced the absence pertaining to payment of the basic nursing care leave benefits to be the day of separation from service pertaining to the recipient qualification (hereinafter referred to as the "daily amount of wages at the commencement of absence" in the following paragraph), by the duration of benefits prescribed in the following items in accordance with the classification of payment unit periods listed in the items (referred to as the "duration of benefits" in the following paragraph). In this case, with regard to the application of the provisions of the same Article, the term "where it is difficult" in paragraph (3) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "when it is not possible or difficult"; the term "item (ii)" in paragraph (4) of the same Article is deemed to be replaced with "item (ii), (c)":

(5)Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous paragraph, when wages have been paid during the payment unit period to the insured person who has taken the absence prescribed in paragraph (1) by the employer who employs the insured person, when the amount obtained by adding the amount of the nursing care leave benefits for the payment unit period to the amount of wages exceeds the amount equivalent to 80 percent of the amount obtained by multiplying the daily amount of wages at the commencement of absence by the duration of benefits, the amount obtained by deducting the amount of wages from the amount equivalent to 80 percent of the amount obtained by multiplying the daily amount of wages at the commencement of absence by the duration of the benefits is to be the amount of the nursing care leave benefits for the payment unit period.In this case, when the amount of wages is not less than the amount equivalent to 80 percent of the amount obtained by multiplying the daily amount of wages at the commencement of absence by the duration of benefits, notwithstanding the provisions of the same paragraph, the basic nursing care leave benefits are not paid for the payment unit period for which the wages were paid.

(6)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), if an insured person has received payment of the nursing care leave benefits with regard to absence taken in order to take nursing care of their specified family members, pursuant to the provisions of this Subsection, and when the insured person has taken absence that fall under any of the following items after the day on which 93 days have elapsed since the day on which the absence was commenced, the nursing care leave benefits are not paid:

Article 61-8(1)The nursing care leave benefits are not paid to a person who has received or attempted to receive payment of the nursing care leave benefits by deception or other wrongful acts, starting from the day on which the person received or attempted to receive payment of the benefits; provided, however, that in the case where there are unavoidable reasons, the whole or a part of the nursing care leave benefits may be paid.

(2)If a person who has been disqualified from receiving payment of the nursing care leave benefits pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, has newly taken absence from work prescribed in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, following the day prescribed in the same paragraph, and has become a person able to receive payment of the nursing care leave benefits, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the nursing care leave benefits pertaining to the leave are paid.