Chapter 5 Application and Assessment
Article 25
Within two years after employment separation and withdrawal from employment insurance, the insured person is required to submit proof of employment separation or fixed-term contract, national ID or other proof of identity to a public employment agency in person to register for job placement, apply for unemployment confirmation, accept employment counseling, as well as fill out the unemployment confirmation statement, unemployment benefit application form and benefit receipt.
After accepting registration for job placement, the public employment agency shall conduct employment counseling and make arrangements for job placement or vocational training. When failing to make job placement or vocational training arrangements within 14 days, the public employment agency shall issue a letter of unemployment confirmation the next day and request the insurer to issue unemployment benefits.
The proof of employment separation described in Paragraph 1 refers to a certificate issued by the insured unit or the competent authority of the direct city or county/city. In the event that acquisition of the said certificate proves difficult, at the consent of the public employment agency, a written statement may be accepted.
The certificate or written statement described in the preceding paragraph shall carry the name of the applicant, the title of the insured unit, and the reason of employment separation
An applicant failing to produce the document prescribed in Paragraph 1 shall turn in the required document within seven days. Otherwise, the application shall be deemed invalid.
Article 26
In order to meet the requirements of organizing job placement and vocational training, the Public Employment Service Institution requires the applicant to produce the following documentation:
1.Copies of the highest attainted educational diploma and documented work experience.
2.Copies of specialist vocational or technical skill certificates.
3.Copies of certificates from previously completed vocational training programs.
Article 27
Within seven days of the day the Public Employment Service Institution organizes a job placement, the applicant should submit the employment and non-return cards to the Public Employment Service Institution.
If an applicant does not administer the above, the Public Employment Service Institution shall stop processing the current unemployment certificate. If the certificate has already been processed, it shall be cancelled.
Article 28
In the event that a person receives no job placement after vocational training is completed, the vocational training institution shall request the public employment agency to issue a letter of unemployment confirmation. If the said person has not made the unemployment benefit claim or has not yet claimed unemployment benefits for the maximum period allowed, the vocational training institution shall also request the insurer to issue the remaining unemployment benefits the said person is entitled to according to the benefit payment period regulation of Article 16.
Article 29
An individual reapplying for unemployment benefits is required to go to a public employment agency in person every month for reconfirmation of the unemployment status within the two years starting on the day after the end of the first unemployment benefit payment period. People currently under medical treatment and unable to attend in person may submit a certificate from a medical institution as well as a written statement and delegate someone else to process the above procedure.
An individual without employment status confirmation by a public employment agency shall have his unemployment benefits revoked.
Article 30
When a person claiming unemployment benefit applies for unemployment re-certification, he must produce at least two records of seeking work before he can continue to claim. A person who cannot produce a record of seeking employment must produce complete and correct documents within seven days. If the documents are not properly revised before the prescribed period, his unemployment benefit will be stopped.
Article 31
If a person has other additional income while he is unemployed or claiming unemployment benefit, he should inform the Public Employment Service Institution when applying for an unemployment certificate or processing unemployment re-certification.
Article 32
A person claiming unemployment benefit should inform the Public Employment Service Institution within three days of becoming reemployed.