Article 1Jurisdiction over Affairs

一Affairs concerning benefits for unemployment, etc. (excluding the continuous employment benefits prescribed in Article 10, paragraph (6) of the Act; the same applies in this item and item (v)) conducted for a person who holds the recipient qualification prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "recipient qualification") (hereinafter referred to as a "qualified recipient"), a person who holds the recipient qualification for the elderly prescribed in Article 37-3, paragraph (2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "recipient qualification for the elderly") (hereinafter referred to as an "elderly qualified recipient"), and a person who has received payment of job applicant benefits for the elderly and for whom one year has not elapsed counting from the day following the day of separation from service pertaining to that recipient qualification for the elderly (referred to as a "recipient of job applicant benefits for the elderly" in item (v)), a person who holds the special recipient qualification prescribed in Article 39, paragraph (2) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "special recipient qualification") (hereinafter referred to as a "specially qualified recipient"), and a person who has received payment of a special lump sum payment and for whom six months have not elapsed counting from the day following the day of separation from service pertaining to that special recipient qualification (referred to as a "special lump sum payment recipient" in item (v)), an educational training benefit recipient prescribed in Article 60-2, paragraph (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as an "educational training benefit recipient"), an educational training leave benefit recipient prescribed in Article 60-3, paragraph (5) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as an "educational training leave benefit recipient"), and a person prescribed in Article 11-2, paragraph (1) of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act (excluding the affairs under Article 14-2); affairs concerning employment insurance conducted for a person who has become an elderly insured person by making the application under Article 37-5, paragraph (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as a "special elderly insured person") (excluding the affairs concerning benefits for unemployment, etc. and the affairs under Articles 62 and 63 of the Act); and, for an insured day worker prescribed in Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as an "insured day worker"), the affairs concerning the approval under item (iv) of that paragraph, the affairs under Article 44 of the Act and the affairs concerning payment of job applicant benefits for day workers under Article 54 of the Act: the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office having jurisdiction over the person's domicile or residence (hereinafter referred to as the "competent Public Employment Security Office");

二Affairs concerning payment of employment promotion allowance conducted for a qualified day worker recipient prescribed in Article 56-3, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Act (hereinafter referred to as a "qualified day worker recipient"): the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office having jurisdiction over the location of the place of business pertaining to the stable employment referred to in that item;

三Affairs under Article 43, paragraph (2) of the Act conducted for an insured day worker: the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office having jurisdiction over the location of the place of business of the covered undertaking in which the person was employed for 18 days or more in each of the two preceding months, or was employed continuously for 31 days or more, or the Chief of the competent Public Employment Security Office;

四Affairs under Article 10, paragraph (3), and, for an insured day worker, affairs concerning payment of job applicant benefits for day workers under Article 45 of the Act: the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office chosen by the person (for a person specified by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (hereinafter referred to as the "Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau"), the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office specified by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau);

五Affairs concerning the benefits for unemployment, etc. conducted for a person who claims their payment under Article 10-3, paragraph (1) of the Act: the Chief of the Public Employment Security Office having jurisdiction over the domicile or residence, at the time of death, of the qualified recipient, elderly qualified recipient (including a recipient of job applicant benefits for the elderly), specially qualified recipient (including a special lump sum payment recipient; the same applies in Article 82-3, paragraph (2), item (ii)), insured day worker or person eligible to receive payment of educational training benefits, pertaining to those benefits for unemployment, etc. (hereinafter referred to as the "Public Employment Security Office of the deceased").