Employment insurance criteria shift from work hours to income — monthly pay 80ten thousand won applies
The Ministry of Employment and Labor said it will announce a legislative notice for revisions to subordinate Employment Insurance rules for 7month 10day40days. The change replaces the existing standard of 'working at least 60hours a month' with 'monthly pay of 80ten thousand won or more,' reducing blind spots for part-time workers and those who work at multiple places.
With the employment insurance coverage standard changing from working hours to income, anyone with monthly pay of 80ten thousand won or more will be covered by employment insurance regardless of working hours. The Ministry of Employment and Labor said it will give a 7month 10day legislative notice for a partial revision to subordinate rules of the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance and Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Premium Collection Act containing this content.40.
The key point of the revision is to change the current standard of 'working at least 60hours a month' to 'monthly pay of 80ten thousand won or more.' The bill explains that this measure is intended to reduce blind spots that fall outside the working-hours standard due to changes in employment patterns, including part-time workers and so-called 'multi-job' workers who work at several places.
The monthly pay standard of 80ten thousand won was set by taking into account that the average monthly pay of a new worker working 15hours a week is 79ten thousand won, and that the employment insurance coverage standard for labor providers is 80ten thousand won. A new 'aggregate pay system,' which allows enrollment by combining pay received from multiple workplaces, will also be introduced.
The bill also includes a provision requiring the criteria for application to be changed in a comprehensive way, taking into account inflation, wage growth, and expansion of coverage.2month12day, as a follow-up measure to the related law that passed the plenary session of the National Assembly last
Meanwhile, under the previous system, employers had reported once a 1year, and insurance premiums were levied by calculating the monthly average wage based on the previous year’s total remuneration. The draft bill for public notice includes reforms to the collection system for employment insurance premiums.
The public notice period for the bill is 40days, and based on the start date of 2026-07-10, the collection of opinions will end on 2026-08-19.
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