"Young Business Owner Only Registered, Not an Entrepreneur... Unfair Recovery of Job-Seeking Activity Support Fund"

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[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] An administrative adjudication decision has been made that a young person preparing for employment who received job-seeking activity support funds cannot be considered to have engaged in entrepreneurial activities if they only registered a business but did not actually operate it.

The Central Administrative Adjudication Committee of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission announced on the 1st that the Labor Office's disposition to recover the support funds, based on considering the business registration during the receipt of youth job-seeking activity support funds as entrepreneurship, was illegal.

Mr. A received support funds from February last year and registered a business in March. Without notifying the Labor Office, he continued to receive support funds until April. Upon learning this, the Labor Office regarded Mr. A as having started a business and recovered the support funds for April.

After learning the reason for losing the support funds, Mr. A filed a business closure report in June of the same year and requested an administrative adjudication, arguing that "since no actual business was conducted and there was no income at all, the Labor Office's disposition is illegal."

The Administrative Adjudication Committee judged that although Mr. A registered a business while receiving youth job-seeking activity support funds, he did not actually operate a business, so it cannot be considered entrepreneurship.

Min Seongsim, Director of the Administrative Adjudication Bureau of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, said, "Through this administrative adjudication, we expect to provide practical help to young job seekers who have the ability to work and willingness to seek employment but face difficulties in finding jobs, supporting their job-seeking activities and livelihood stabilization."

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