Parental Leave Allowances
- Qualification
An insured person may apply for parental leave allowances if he/she has accumulated at least 1 year of employment insurance enrollment, has children less than 3 years of age, and is on parental leave without pay according to the regulation of the Gender Equality in Employment Act. - Payment Standards
Parental leave allowances shall be 60% of the insured person’s average monthly insurance salary for the 6 months prior to the month when the parental leave begins. The allowances shall be paid monthly at the beginning of each payment period, starting from the date when the parental leave begins till the expiry date thereof. For individuals whose eligible period is less than one full month, their allowance is prorated on a 30 day period. (For Parental Leave Allowance cases where payment begins before January 1, 2026 and continues beyond January 1, 2026, the payment will remain subject to the pre-amendment provisions, that is, any period less than one full month will still be counted and paid as a full month.) For each child, the maximum payment period shall be 6 months. If two children or more under the age of 3 are raised at the same time, the payment will be made based on one child. (With effect from July 1, 2021, the government shall grant, additionally, a parental leave wage subsidy, which shall be 20% of the average monthly insurance salary. The wage subsidy shall be paid along with the parental leave allowance. It is not necessary to file a eparate application.)