Calculation of basic daily amount of job-seeking benefits
Average wage-based daily amount of job-seeking benefits- Daily amount of job-seeking benefits shall be the average wage computed at the time of the most recent severance from employment related to recognition of eligibility for benefits (Article 43(1) of the Employment Insurance Act and body part of Article 45(1) of the Employment Insurance Act)
· Provided, that with respect to a worker who had attained insured status on at least two occasions in the three-month period immediately preceding the date of the most recent severance from employment, the daily amount of job-seeking benefits shall be computed by dividing the total amount of wages paid to the worker during the three-month period immediately preceding the date of such most recent severance from employment (for daily workers, the first three months out of the last four months immediately preceding the date of the most recent severance from employment) by the total number of calendar days in that three-month period. (Article 45(1) of the Employment Insurance Act)
Standard wage-based daily amount of job-seeking benefits- If the amount of a worker's daily amount of job-seeking benefits computed by dividing the total amount of wages paid to the worker during the three-month period immediately preceding the date of such most recent severance from employment is less than the amount of the standard wage applicable to the worker, as prescribed by the Labor Standards Act, then the amount of such standard wage shall be deemed the worker's daily amount of job-seeking benefits. (Body part of Article 45(2) of the Employment Insurance Act)
· However, for those whose most recent severance from employment was as a daily worker, the average wage shall be daily amount of job-seeking benefits. (Article 45(2) of the Employment Insurance Act)
※ "Ordinary wage" means hourly wage, daily amount of job-seeking benefits, weekly wage, monthly wage, or contract amount to be paid to a worker for specifically agreed work or entire works on a regular and flat basis. (Article 6(1) of the Enforcement Decree of the Labor Standards Act)
Standard remuneration-based daily amount of job-seeking benefits- If it is impracticable to compute a worker's daily amount of job-seeking benefits based on average or standard wage or if the amount of a worker's insurance premium has been determined on the basis of the standard remuneration under Article 3 of the Act on the Collection of Insurance Premiums, etc. for Employment Insurance and Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance, then the standard wage shall be deemed the worker's daily amount of job-seeking benefits. (Body part of Article 45(3) of the Employment Insurance Act)
· Provided, that average or standard wage shall be daily amount of job-seeking benefits if the standard remuneration of a worker is less than the daily amount of job-seeking benefits computed based on average or standard wage. (Article 45(3) of the Employment Insurance Act)