WORKERS VOCATIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT ACT [See entire ACT]

CHAPTER Ⅱ Support, etc., for Workers' Voluntary Vocational Skills Development<Amended by Act No. 10337, May 31, 2010>

Article 12 (Support, etc., for Vocational Skills Development Training for Unemployed Persons, etc.)

(1) The State and local governments may conduct vocational skills development training or provide those receiving vocational skills development training with support for the expenses in order to promote and stabilize the employment of persons falling under any of the following subparagraphs (hereinafter referred to as "unemployed persons, etc.") :
1. The unemployed;
2. Persons who are eligible recipients under the National Basic Livelihood Security Act, female household heads or youths and meet the conditions prescribed by the Presidential Decree;
3. Deleted.
4. Deleted.
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6. Other persons prescribed by the Presidential Decree.
(2) Persons eligible to receive vocational skills development training conducted pursuant to paragraph (1), requirements for training courses, training allowances, and other matters necessary for vocational skills development training shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

<Title of This Article Amended by Act No. 10337, May 31, 2010>

Article 13 Deleted.

Article 14 Deleted.

Article 15 (Provision of Vocational Skills Development Training in Occupations in National Key and Strategic Industries)

(1) The State and local governments may conduct vocational skills development training necessary for facilitating demand and supply of workforces in the following occupations (hereinafter referred to as “occupations in national key and strategic industries”):
1. Occupations suffering from labor shortages in industries essential to the national economy;
2. Occupations suffering from labor shortages in national strategic industries, such as the information and communications industry and the automobile industry, etc.; and
3. Other occupations announced by the Minister of Employment and Labor where it is necessary to train workforces as industries' demand for workforces increases.
(2) Criteria and procedures for the selection of occupations in national key and strategic industries, persons eligible to receive training, requirements for training courses, training allowances and other matters necessary for vocational skills development training shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

<Title of This Article Amended by Act No. 10337, May 31, 2010>

Article 16 (Entrustment, etc. of Vocational Skills Development Training)

(1) The State or a local government which intends to conduct vocational skills development training pursuant to Articles 12 and 15 may make a contract with any person prescribed by the Presidential Decree to entrust the person to conduct vocational skills development training.
(2) A person who has entrusted vocational skills development training pursuant to paragraph (1) may demand a correction or terminate the entrustment contract if the person entrusted with the training falls under any of the following subparagraphs: Provided that where such person falls under subparagraph 1 or 2, the entrustment contract shall be terminated:
1. Where the person gets entrusted in a false or other fraudulent ways;
2. Where the person receives or intends to receive training fees in a false or other fraudulent ways;
3. Where the person conducts vocational skills development training in violation of the entrustment contract;
4. Where the person fails to comply with a demand for correction; and
5. Where the person fails to comply with an order to report and submit materials under Article 58 or complies with such order falsely.
(3) With respect to any person whose entrustment contract is terminated pursuant to paragraph (2) (excluding cases where training expenses are less than the amount prescribed by the Presidential Decree among persons whose entrustment contracts are terminated under subparagraph 2 of paragraph (2)), the State and a local government may not entrust vocational skills development training under paragraph (1) nor recognize vocational skills development training courses under Articles 19 and 24 for up to five years from the date of termination.
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(7) Details of entrustment contracts, entrustment criteria, demands for correction, termination of entrustment contracts, and other matters necessary for entrustment under paragraphs (1) through (3) shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

Article 17 (Support for Workers' Voluntary Vocational Skills Development)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor may provide workers with support or loans for the following expenses in order to support the voluntary vocational skills development of workers (excluding unemployed persons, etc.,; hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article):
1. Expenses of taking vocational skills development training courses recognized by the Minister of Employment and Labor pursuant to Article 19;
2. Tuition fees and other payments for training courses which are considered equivalent to junior colleges or higher under the Higher Education Act;
3. Other expenses equivalent to expenses under subparagraphs 1 and 2 and prescribed by the Presidential Decree; and
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(2) If the Minister of Employment and Labor provides support or loans pursuant to paragraph (1), he/she may give preferential treatment to workers falling under any of the following subparagraphs:
1. Workers employed in enterprises meeting the criteria prescribed by the Presidential Decree; and
2. Workers prescribed by the Presidential Decree from among those prescribed in subparagraph 9 or 10 of Article 3 (4).
(3) Necessary matters concerning the requirements, contents, procedures and levels of support or loans and preferential support under paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

Article 18 (Issuance and Operation of Vocational Skills Development Accounts)

(1) The Minister of Employment and Labor may operate a system of issuing accounts which support vocational skills development training expenses (hereinafter referred to as “vocational skills development accounts”) and comprehensively administering their history of vocational skills development in order to support the voluntary vocational skills development of unemployed persons, etc., under Article 12.
(2) The Minister of Employment and Labor shall provide unemployed persons, etc. with information on vocational skills development training courses for which training expenses are paid from vocational skills development accounts (hereinafter referred to as "training courses supported by accounts") to enable unemployed persons, etc., to receive necessary vocational skills development training using vocational skills development accounts.
(3) Necessary matters concerning the issuance of vocational skills development accounts and the provision of information on training courses supported by accounts under paragraphs (1) and (2) and other necessary matters concerning the operation of the vocational skills development account system shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.

Article 19 (Recognition of Vocational Skills Development Training Courses and Training Courses Supported by Accounts, Cancellation of Recognition, etc.)

(1) A person who intends to conduct vocational skills development training for which workers are eligible to receive support or loans for expenses under Article 17 (1) 1 and a person who intends to run training courses supported by accounts shall have the relevant vocational skills development training courses (including training courses supported by accounts; hereinafter the same shall apply in this Article) recognized by the Minister of Employment and Labor.
(2) If a person whose vocational skills development training courses are recognized pursuant to paragraph (1) falls under any of the following subparagraphs, the Minister of Employment and Labor may order a correction or cancel the recognition of the training courses : Provided that where such person falls under any of subparagraphs 1 through 4, the recognition shall be cancelled :
1. Where the person obtains recognition under paragraph (1) in a false or other fraudulent ways;
2. Where the person receives or intends to receive support or loans for training costs in a false or other fraudulent ways;
3. Where the person receives or intends to receive fees from workers taking the vocational skills development training, in a false or other fraudulent ways;
4. Where the person makes workers taking the vocational skills development training receive support or loans for their training expenses in a false or other fraudulent ways;
5. Where the person conducts vocational skills development training in violation of the details recognized under paragraph (1);
6. Where the person fails to comply with a correction order; and
7. Where the person fails to comply with an order to report and submit materials under Article 58 or complies with such order falsely.
(3) A person for whom the recognition is cancelled pursuant to paragraph (2) (excluding cases where training costs are less than the amount prescribed by the Presidential Decree from among persons for whom the recognition is cancelled as they fall under subparagraphs 2 through 4 of paragraph (2)) may not be entrusted with vocational skills development training under Article 16 (1) and given recognition under paragraph (1) and Article 24 for up to five years from the date of cancellation.
(4) The scope, requirements, contents and valid period of the recognition of vocational skills development training courses under paragraphs (1) and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by the Presidential Decree.
(5) Detailed criteria for the issuance of correction orders and cancellation of recognition under paragraphs (2) and (3), specific periods of restricting recognition by type of reason for cancellation, and other necessary matters shall be prescribed by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor.

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