Check whether you qualify, estimate the amount, and follow the application steps. Updated for 2026.
Your employer files it with the employment center. If it is missing after 2 weeks, ask them or check on Work24. Get the reason corrected if it wrongly says "personal reasons".
Upload a résumé and file a job application online (5 minutes).
Work24 → unemployment benefit → applicant education (~1 hour). Visit the center within 14 days after.
Bring ID and, for justified voluntary leave, supporting documents. The visit date is your unemployment report date.
No benefit for the first 7 days after reporting.
Attend the first recognition day, then prove 1–2 job-search activities every 4 weeks. Early re-employment can pay 50% of the remaining days as a bonus.
180+ insured days in the last 18 months and involuntary separation; justified voluntary leave also counts.
60% of average daily wage, capped at ₩66,000/day (2026); 120–270 days by age and insured period.
Within 12 months of separation.
Work24 registration and online education, then your local employment center.
60% of your average daily wage, capped at ₩66,000/day in 2026; the floor is effectively the same, so most people receive ₩66,000/day (about ₩1.98M per month).
Yes — resignation at the employer's request is treated as involuntary.
If more than half the days remain and you stay employed 12 months, you get 50% of the remaining days as an early re-employment allowance.