Supplementary Provisions

This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of April 1, 2017; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 2 come into effect as of May 1, 2017.

①The provisions of Article 31, paragraph (3) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "new Employment Insurance Ordinance" in this Article) apply to a notification from a person for whom the day on which four years have passed counting from the day following the basis day prescribed in Article 20, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Employment Insurance Act is on or after the day of enforcement of this Ministerial Order (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date" in this Article), and the provisions then in force continue to govern a notification from a person for whom the day on which four years have passed counting from the day following the basis day prescribed in that item is before the Effective Date.

②The provisions of Article 88, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the new Employment Insurance Ordinance apply to a person who commenced relocation on or after the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern the application of Article 88, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act before amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "former Employment Insurance Ordinance" in this Article) to a person for whom the day of commencing relocation is before the Effective Date.

③The provisions of Article 101-2-5 of the new Employment Insurance Ordinance apply to a notification from a person for whom the day on which four years have passed counting from the day on which the person ceased to be a generally insured person (meaning an insured person other than an elderly insured person prescribed in Article 37-2, paragraph (1) of the Employment Insurance Act (the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and the following paragraph), a specially insured person in short-term employment, and an insured day worker; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph and the following paragraph) or an elderly insured person is on or after the Effective Date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern a notification from a person for whom the day on which four years have passed counting from the day on which the person ceased to be a generally insured person or an elderly insured person is before the Effective Date.

④With regard to the application of Article 101-2-12, paragraph (1) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act and Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Ordinance to a person for whom the period for notification under Article 101-2-5, paragraph (1) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance has already passed at the time of enforcement of this Ministerial Order and for whom the day on which four years have passed counting from the day on which the person ceased to be a generally insured person or an elderly insured person is on or after the Effective Date, the phrase "one month before the day on which the person starts specialized practical educational training" in Article 101-2-12, paragraph (1) of that Ordinance and Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of that Ordinance is deemed to be replaced with "the day before the day on which the person starts specialized practical educational training".

⑤With regard to the payment, to an employer that, before the Effective Date, submitted the re-employment assistance plan under Article 102-5, paragraph (2), item (i), (a) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance or the basic plan for supporting job-seeking activities under item (ii), (a) of that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as the "re-employment assistance plan, etc." in this Article), of the re-employment support incentive pertaining to that re-employment assistance plan, etc., the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑥With regard to the payment, to an employer that made the hiring under Article 102-5, paragraph (6), item (i), (a) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance before the Effective Date or an employer that submitted the vocational training plan under item (ii), (b) of that paragraph before the Effective Date, of the incentive for supporting development of accepted human resources pertaining to that hiring or that vocational training plan, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑦With regard to the payment, to an employer that made the hiring under Article 102-5, paragraph (8), item (i), (a) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance before the Effective Date or an employer that submitted the vocational training plan under item (ii), (b) of that paragraph before the Effective Date, of the grant for supporting realization of career aspirations pertaining to that hiring or that vocational training plan, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑧The provisions of Article 102-5, paragraphs (8) and (10) of the new Employment Insurance Ordinance apply where the day on which the employer submitted the re-employment assistance plan, etc. is on or after the Effective Date.

⑨With regard to the payment of the grant for employment stabilization of elderly persons to an employer that submitted the environment improvement plan under Article 104, item (i), (a) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance or the plan for conversion to no-fixed-term employment under (b) of that item before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑩With regard to the payment of the grant for promoting employment beyond age 65 to an employer that, before the Effective Date, implemented the measure under Article 104-2, item (i), (a) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance and filed an application for payment, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑪An employer that received payment under Article 104, item (i), (a), (2), (v) or Article 104-2, item (i), (a) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance is deemed to be an employer that received payment under Article 104, item (i), (a) of the new Employment Insurance Ordinance.

⑫With regard to the payment, to an employer that, before the Effective Date, carried out the initiative under Article 116, paragraph (3), item (i), (a) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance and had a male insured person it employs take childcare leave, of the grant for work-family balance support at birth pertaining to that male insured person, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑬With regard to the payment of the grant for caregiver turnover prevention support to an employer that took measures based on the caregiving support plan prescribed in Article 116, paragraph (4), item (i), (a) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, limited to payment pertaining to that caregiving support plan.

⑭With regard to the payment, to a small and medium-sized enterprise employer in which, before the Effective Date, an insured person arose who returned to the original position, etc. through the measure for return to the original position, etc. under Article 116, paragraph (5), item (i), (a), (1) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance, of the grant for supporting work-family balance in small and medium-sized enterprises pertaining to that insured person (including that under Article 116, paragraphs (6) and (7) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance), the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑮With regard to the payment of the grant for supporting work-family balance in small and medium-sized enterprises (including that under Article 116, paragraph (8) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance) to a small and medium-sized enterprise employer that took measures based on the childcare leave return support plan prescribed in Article 116, paragraph (5), item (i), (b), (1) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern, limited to payment pertaining to that childcare leave return support plan.

⑯With regard to the payment of the grant for supporting workplace retention to an employer that, before the Effective Date, submitted the plan for development of employment management systems under Article 118, paragraph (2), item (i), (b), (2) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance, the introduction and operation plan under (c), (2) of that item, the plan for development of wage systems under (d), (2) of that item, or the plan for development of wage systems under Article 17-2-4, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Supplementary Provisions of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑰With regard to the payment of the career advancement grant to an employer that took the measures under Article 118-2 of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance and Article 17-3 of the Supplementary Provisions of that Ordinance before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑱With regard to the payment, to an employer that made the assignment, commission, or entrustment under Article 118-3, paragraph (4), item (i), (b) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance before the Effective Date, of the incentive for employment stabilization of persons with disabilities pertaining to that assignment, commission, or entrustment, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑲With regard to the payment, to an employer that submitted the plan under Article 118-3, paragraph (8), item (i), (a) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance before the Effective Date, of the grant for establishment, etc. of facilities for employing large numbers of persons with disabilities in small and medium-sized enterprises pertaining to that plan, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

⑳With regard to the payment, to an employer that took the measure under Article 118-3, paragraph (11), item (i), (b) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance before the Effective Date, of the grant for supporting return to work of persons with disabilities pertaining to that measure, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

（二十一）With regard to the payment, to an employer that submitted the employment creation plan under Article 119, paragraph (1), item (i), (b), (1) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance before the Effective Date, of the grant for supporting business start-ups for lifelong active careers, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

（二十二）With regard to the payment of the career formation promotion grant to an employer or employers' organization, etc. that, before the Effective Date, submitted the annual vocational ability development plan prescribed in Article 125, paragraph (1), item (i), (a), (1) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance, the plan for introducing and applying a system prescribed in (j), (3) of that item, the training implementation plan prescribed in (k) of that item, or the test implementation plan prescribed in (m) of that item, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

（二十三）With regard to the payment of the career advancement grant to an employer that, before the Effective Date, submitted the general vocational training implementation plan prescribed in Article 133, paragraph (1), item (i), (c), (1) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance or the fixed-term practical training implementation plan prescribed in (c), (4) of that item, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

（二十四）With regard to the payment, to an employer or other such person that received the certification under Article 138-3, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance before the Effective Date, of the grant for vocational ability development for persons with disabilities pertaining to that certification, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

（二十五）With regard to the payment of the grant for supporting work-family balance, etc. to an employer that came to fall under Article 139, paragraph (2) or (3) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance before the Effective Date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

（二十六）Documents that are actually submitted or issued at the time of enforcement of this Ministerial Order and are used in accordance with the forms (referred to as the "Former Forms" in the following paragraph) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance are deemed to be in accordance with the forms of the new Employment Insurance Ordinance.

（二十七）Paper forms in accordance with the Former Forms that actually exist at the time this Ministerial Order comes into effect may be used for the time being with corrections made to them.

（二十八）With regard to the payment of the grant for promoting employment beyond age 65 to an employer that, before the day of enforcement of the provisions of Article 2, implemented the measure under Article 104, item (i), (a) of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act before amendment by the provisions of Article 2 and filed an application for payment, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

（二十九）With regard to the payment of the incentive for hiring and retention of persons who graduated within the past three years, etc. under Article 17-2-3 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act before amendment by the provisions of Article 2, pertaining to hiring before the day of enforcement of the provisions of Article 2, the provisions then in force continue to govern.