Social Security Law in South Korea

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this book describes the social security regime in South Korea. It conveys a clear working knowledge of the legal mechanics affecting health care, employment injuries and occupational diseases, incapacity to work, pensions, survivors’ benefits, unemployment benefits and services, and family benefits.

The analysis covers the field of application, conditions for entitlement, calculation of benefits, financing, the institutional framework, and relevant law enforcement and controls. Allowances for retirees, employees, public sector workers, the self-employed, and the handicapped are all clearly explained, along with full details of claims, adjudication procedures, and appeals.

Succinct yet eminently practical, the book will be a valuable resource for lawyers handling social security matters in South Korea. It will be of practical utility to those both in public service and private practice called on to develop and to apply social security law and policy, and of special interest as a contribution to the comparative study of social security systems.

The Author

List of Abbreviations

Preface

General Introduction

Part I. The Institutions

Part II. Contribution and Financing

Part III. Healthcare

Chapter 1. Overview

Chapter 2. Field of Application

Chapter 3. Benefits

Chapter 4. Conditions

Chapter 5. Act on Long-Term Care Insurance for Older Persons

Part IV. Family Allowances (Child Benefits)

Part V. Incapacity to Work

Part VI. Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases

Chapter 1. General

Chapter 2. Field of Application

Chapter 3. Concept of ‘Industrial Accident’

Chapter 4. Concept of ‘Occupational Disease’

Chapter 5. Commuting Accidents

Chapter 6. Types of Insurance Benefits

Chapter 7. Restrictions on Insurance Benefits

Chapter 8. Relations to Other Compensation and Indemnity under Other Laws

Chapter 9. Insurance Finance

Part VII. Unemployment

Chapter 1. Provision of Work

Chapter 2. Unemployment Benefit

Part VIII. Pensions

Chapter 1. General

Chapter 2. Old-Age Pension

Chapter 3. Disability Pension

Chapter 4. Survivors Pension

Chapter 5. Lump-Sum Refund and Others

Part IX. Handicapped Persons

Chapter 1. Social Integration

Chapter 2. Financial Allowances for the Handicapped

Part X. Minimum Income Benefit

Chapter 1. Overview

Chapter 2. Beneficiaries

Chapter 3. Conditions

Chapter 4. Amount of the Benefit

Part XI. Claims and Adjudications

Part XII. Child Welfare Act

Chapter 1. Significance and Principles of the Child Welfare Act

Chapter 2. Persons Subject to Protection

Chapter 3. Categories and Substance of Benefits

Chapter 4. Finance

Part XIII. Act on Welfare of Old Persons

Chapter 1. Significance and Purpose of the Act on Welfare of Old Persons

Chapter 2. Persons Subject to Protection

Chapter 3. Categories and Substance of Benefits

Chapter 4. Basic Pension System

Selected Bibliography

Index