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For the needs of operational development and the stay employment stability, the Employer may carry out or authorize someone to carry out vocational trainings for the Senior and Middle-Aged Persons and the Elders employed by the Employer, or assign them to participate in relevant vocational trainings.
With respect to the vocational trainings carried out by the Employer according to the preceding paragraph, the central competent authority may subsidize the training fees and provide counseling and assistance for the trainings.

For the Senior and Middle-Aged Persons and the Elders employed by the Employer who have working disabilities or whose family member needs long-term care, the Employer may further carry out job accommodation or provide assistive occupational devices to meet their needs, or make referrals to them for the appropriate resources of long-term care services.
With respect to the job accommodation or assistive occupational devices provided by the Employer according to the preceding paragraph, the competent authority may provide counseling or subsidization.

To encourage the Senior and Middle-Aged Persons and the Elders employed by the Employer to pass down their skills and experience and improve the cooperation between generations, the Employer may adopt the division of a work to be done by the means of cooperation.
The Employer shall not impair the original employment conditions of the Employees when carrying out the matters specified in the preceding paragraph for the employment stability of the Employees.
With respect to the matters carried out by the Employer according to the first paragraph, the competent authority may provide counseling or encouragement.

If the Employer continues to employ the Employees who may be forced to retire pursuant to subparagraph 1, paragraph 1 of Article 54 of the Labor Standards Act at a certain ratio and for a certain period, the central competent authority may provide subsidization.

The qualifications and conditions, items, methods, period, termination, funding sources and other relevant matters regarding the application for the subsidization and encouragement specified in the preceding four Articles shall be determined by the central competent authority.