The job applicant benefits for day workers are paid, for the days in the month containing the day on which an insured day worker became unemployed, for which the certification of unemployment was obtained, within the limit of 13 benefit days in total, when stamp premiums have been paid for the insured day worker for less than 28 days in total during the two-month period before the month containing the day of unemployment, and within the limit of the number of benefit days obtained by adding one day to the 13 days for every four days in excess of the 28 days, when stamp premiums have been paid for the insured day worker for more than 28 days in total; provided, however, that the job applicant benefits for day workers are not to be paid for more than 17 days in total for that month.
The job applicant benefits for day workers are not paid for the first day in each week (meaning the seven day period from Sunday to Saturday) on which the insured day worker did not take up employment.
日雇労働求職者給付金は、各週（日曜日から土曜日までの七日をいう。）につき日雇労働被保険者が職業に就かなかつた最初の日については、支給しない。
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unemployment
「失業」
The state of an insured person (被保険者) who has separated from service and, though willing and able to work, cannot find a job.
Defined inArticle 4, paragraph (3)· applies throughout the law
insured day workermachine translation
「日雇労働被保険者」
A day worker (日雇労働者) who is insured and who lives in a covered area (適用区域) and works for a covered business (適用事業), lives outside one but works for a covered business inside it, works outside one for a covered business the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has designated, or has been approved by the chief of the Public Employment Security Office (公共職業安定所長); the job applicant benefits for day workers (日雇労働求職者給付金) are paid when they become unemployed.
Short name set inArticle 43, paragraph (1)
stamp premiums
「印紙保険料」
The stamp premiums listed in Article 10, paragraph (2), item (iv) of the Act on the Collection, etc. of Insurance Premiums of Labor Insurance: a premium paid for each day of work of an insured day worker (日雇労働被保険者), at one of three amounts that Article 22 of that Act sets according to the worker's daily wage.
Short name set inArticle 45, paragraph (1)
recognition of unemployment
「失業の認定」
The Public Employment Security Office (公共職業安定所)'s recognition that a person was unemployed on given days, which they must obtain for the benefit to be paid for those days — the basic allowance (基本手当) under Article 15, and the job applicant benefits for day workers (日雇労働求職者給付金) under Article 47.
Short name set inArticle 47, paragraph (2)· applies only in this section