Supplementary Provisions

This Ministerial Order comes into effect as of the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 118-2, paragraphs (4) through (6) 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") apply as from August 24, 2016, and the provisions of Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions of the new Employment Insurance Ordinance apply as from April 14, 2016.

①With regard to the payment, to an employer that, before the day of enforcement of this Ministerial Order (hereinafter referred to as the "Effective Date"), submitted the re-employment assistance plan under Article 102-5, paragraph (2), item (i), (a) 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") or the basic plan for supporting job-seeking activities under item (ii), (a) of that paragraph, of the re-employment support incentive pertaining to that re-employment assistance plan or that basic plan for supporting job-seeking activities, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

②With 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.

③A person for whom, before the Effective Date, a prefecture, a city (including a special ward), or a town or village that has established a welfare office requested the Public Employment Security Office to provide employment placement, vocational guidance, etc., pursuant to an agreement concluded with the Prefectural Labor Bureau or the Public Employment Security Office concerning support for the employment of a person falling under Article 110, paragraph (9), item (i), (a), (1) of the new Employment Insurance Ordinance, and for whom the Public Employment Security Office is actually providing employment placement, vocational guidance, etc. at the time of enforcement (limited to a job seeker under 65 years of age who is not a job seeker in workplace adaptation training), is deemed to be a person for whom a request is being made to provide employment placement, vocational guidance, etc. for a fixed period prescribed in (a), (2) of that item.

④With regard to the payment, to an employer that, before the Effective Date, submitted to the Prefectural Labor Bureau, pursuant to Article 112, paragraph (2) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance, a notification to the effect that the establishment or improvement of the target workplace pertaining to the plan concerning the establishment or improvement of the target workplace and the hiring of workers accompanying that establishment or improvement has been completed, of the regional employment development incentive pertaining to that plan, the provisions of Article 16 of the Supplementary Provisions of the new Employment Insurance Ordinance do not apply.

⑤With regard to the payment, to an employer that satisfied the requirements of Article 116, paragraph (4), item (i) of the former Employment Insurance Ordinance before the Effective Date, of the grant for caregiving support initiatives under paragraph (1) of that Article, the provisions then in force continue to govern.