The next argument is slightly more complex as it requires you to have created and filled a ds_map with the correct information which GameMaker Studio 2 will then convert into json automatically when sent to the Facebook API. The information that you put in this map will depend very much on which path you choose to use and a complete list of all possible values can be found here. An example of how this map is structured can be seen in the code example supplied below.
Finally, we have an argument for storing any information that Facebook has sent back from the graph request. This information comes in the form of json which GameMaker Studio 2 converts into a ds_map. For this to work correctly, you must have created a ds_map previously, and if that map has been used elsewhere and already contains some key/value pairs it will be cleared by this function before the Facebook data is added. It is very important that you read the Facebook documentation on possible return values so that you know exactly what to expect. Thankfully Facebook have a Graph Api Test Page where you can check different graph paths and see exactly what information they will return.
1 TO PERSONS INTENDING TO RECEIVE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS OF EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM The Object of Unemployment Benefits of Employment Insurance Unemployment benefits (basic allowance) of the employment insurance are provided to the insured when they become unemployed so that they can concentrate on finding new jobs and be reemployed as quickly as possible. Therefore, unemployment benefits are not paid to those who are reemployed immediately after their separation from employment or who are unable to work in immediate future because of an illness, injury, pregnancy, childbirth, childcare, etc. The Eligible to Unemployment Benefits (Basic Allowance) When a person covered by employment insurance lost employment and satisfies the following conditions and, in principle, the unemployment benefit is payable. The person is in the state of unemployment, which means that positive efforts of the person as well as the Public Employment Security Office (hereinafter to be referred to as the PESO ) have not been able to find a job even though the person reported to the PESO, applied for employment, and has a positive will to get employment and the ability to take up a job at any time. In two years preceding the day of his or her becoming unemployed, months each of which has more than 11 days as the bases of wage payment aggregate twelve minimum and the person was covered by the employment insurance for at least twelve full months. Nevertheless, in the case of specifically qualified beneficiaries (who are forced to leave their jobs due to bankruptcy, discharge, etc.), in a year preceding the day of his or her becoming unemployed, months each of which has more than 11 days as the bases of wage payment aggregate six minimum and the person was covered by the employment insurance for at least six full months. Procedure for Receiving Benefits and Related Matters If you lose employment, apply for a job promptly at the PESO having jurisdiction over your domicile or dwelling place. At that time, you should bring the following; Separation notice for the insured of employment insurance This is an important document for deciding on the eligibility for the unemployment benefit. Make sure that the paper is filled in correctly. The Separation Notice comprises a set of Separation Notice 1 and Separation Notice 2. The certificate of the insured of employment insurance A document certifying your domicile or dwelling place and age A document issued by a government office, such as your driver s license, certificate of alien registration or the like. 1
2 Your recent photographs Two copies (3cm in length 2.5cm in width, from-the-waist-up photo with a full face) Ordinary (savings) bank account book in the name of the person applying for benefit. Internet bank and foreign financial institution accounts are not acceptable. Amount of Basic Allowance and Period The unemployment benefit payable to you is called basic allowance. The daily amount of allowance represents about 50 to 80% (45 to 80% for persons between 60 and 64 years of age) of a daily amount of wages in six months preceding the day of separation from employment but it is limited to 7,775 maximum (as of August 1,2007) The maximum number of days for which basic allowance is receivable are set forth as shown in Table, depending on the age when the person lost employment, the period during which the person was insured and the reason why the person lost employment. This is called the prescribed term of benefit. The Unemployed in General (who retire under the age limit or quit their jobs of their own free will) Insured period Less than 10 yrs to 20 yrs Age when 20 yrs and over 10 years (20 yrs exclusive) Employment was lost Common to all ages 90 days 120 days 150 days Specifically Qualified Beneficiaries (who are forced to leave their jobs without time to prepare for reemployment due to bankruptcy, discharge, etc.) Insured period 1 yr to 5 5 yrs to yrs to 20 Age when Employment was lost Less than 20 yrs and yrs (5 yrs yrs (10 yrs yrs (20 yrs 1 year over exclusive) exclusive) exclusive) Younger than days 120 days 180 days days 180 days 210 days 240 days days 90 days 180 days 240 days 270 days days 240 days 270 days 330 days days 180 days 210 days 240 days 2
3 Benefit-receivable Period The period in which you can receive basic allowance is one year from the day following the day of loss of employment. For those whose prescribed terms of benefit are 330 days, however, their periods in which benefit is payable are one year plus 30 days. This is called the benefit-receivable period. For the number of days on which you are out of employment during this period, the basic allowance is paid within limit of your prescribed term of benefit. Once the benefit-receivable period expires, basic allowance is not paid even when the recipient has not been paid entirely for the prescribed term of benefits. Starting Time of Benefit Payment Payment of basic allowance begins only when days on which the recipient was out of payment after he or she visited the PESO to apply for employment aggregate seven. This is called the waiting period. In case a recipient was dismissed for a serious reason for which the recipient was responsible or quit the job for his or her own reasons without a just cause, basic allowance is not paid for further 3 months from the expiration of waiting period. This is called restriction on benefit payment. Recognition of Unemployment (1) Day for recognition of unemployment After taking proceedings for applying for employment and for basic allowance, you should visit the PESO once in four weeks in principle, fill in and submit the application for recognition of unemployment to declare the state of unemployment (the condition that your own and the PESO s efforts are unable to find employment despite your positive will to get a job and ability to take a job at any time). This days is called the day for the recognition of unemployment. If you fail to visit the PESO on the day, you are unable to obtain the recognition of unemployment. (2) Recognition of Unemployment When the PESO acknowledges that you were out of employment on the basis of this declaration, basic allowance for those days of unemployment is paid. This is called the recognition of unemployment. The period of time to be recognized is 28 days from the previous days of the recognition to the day preceding the present day of the recognition. In the event the 28 days include a day or days on which you worked not as a regular employee or did homework, you must report it. As you were not in the state of unemployment on the day(s) on which you worked, basic allowance is not paid but the day(s) is carried forward to the next recognition on. Nevertheless, no payment is made after the expiration of the benefit-receivable period. For homework, the amount reduced in accordance with income from the homework may 3
4 be paid in some case. (3) Provision of basic allowance The basic allowance is sent to your ordinary deposit account of a financial institution designated by you in about a week from the day on which the PESO recognized your unemployment. In case that period includes no-business days of the financial institution, the transfer of the money may be delayed by the number of such days. Qualified Recipient s Identification Card Normally, when you complete the procedure of applying for receiving the basic allowance, you will be given the Qualified Recipient s Identification Card. As data on the provision to you is recorded on it, this card should be kept with care. Don t forget to bring the qualified recipient s identification card with you on the day for the recognition of unemployment. Reemployment Allowance When you are reemployed (including temporary employment, a part-time job, a training period and employment not as a regular employee) or your employment is decided unofficially, you must report it to the PESO without delay. In some cases, you may be provided with the basic allowance to the day preceding the day of reemployment and reemployment allowance. (1) Requirements for Provision Reemployment allowance will be provided if you meet all of the following requirements: After the recognition of unemployment to the day preceding the day of your employment, the number of remaining days to the expiry of the benefit-receivable period amounts to more than 1/3 of the prescribed term of benefit and also amounts to 45 days or more. You got a stable position which ensures your continuous employment of longer than one year. You got the job after the waiting period expires. In case restriction on benefit payment applied to you due to a reason for loss of employment pertinent to the recipient s qualification, you got a job referred to by the PESO in a one-month period following the waiting period. You were not reemployed by the employer (including the business proprietor of an affiliated establishment) by whom you had been employed before the loss of employment. You were not employed by the employer who had unofficially decided to employ you before the day on which the recipient s qualification was given. You have not been provided with reemployment allowance or normal employment outfit allowance for your employment in the past three years. You have obtained the qualification of an insured of the employment insurance. 4
5 You did not quit the job soon after the application. (2) Amount of reemployment allowance Amount of daily basic allowance the remaining prescribed term of days to receive benefit 30% (fractions less than one yen to be rounded down). The remaining prescribed term of days to receive benefit means the number of days remaining upon recognition of unemployment to the day preceding the day of employment. (3) Application procedure The application for reemployment allowance should be done within a month from the day following the day of your employment, with the submission of the application for payment of reemployment allowance together with the qualified recipient s identification card. (4) Payment of reemployment allowance Receiving your application, the PESO carries out investigation and confirmation about the (1) above, and informs you of whether or not reemployment allowance will be provided to you. After the decision, it will be remitted to your account. Unlawful Receipt of Benefits If unemployment and other benefits are received or attempted to be received by making a false statement on papers to be submitted to the PESO in the course of taking steps for receiving unemployment and other benefits (basic allowance, reemployment allowance, sickness and injury allowance mentioned in 11(3) below and like) (for instance, the fact of employment or working is not reported on the occasion of the recognition of unemployment), it will be regarded as unlawful receipt and punished severely. The punishment of unlawful receipt of benefits will result in cancellation of subsequent unemployment and other benefits and the return of the amount received unlawfully or the return of twice of as much as the amount received unlawfully will be ordered. Others (1) When employment is decided When your employment is decided while you are receiving unemployment benefits, you must report the date of engagement, etc. to the PESO without delay. (2) Change of the day for the recognition of unemployment If you are unable to visit the PESO on the day for the recognition of unemployment, the recognition of unemployment is unable to be given. Nevertheless, if you are prevented from coming to the PESO on the day for the recognition of unemployment for an unavoidable reason such as being in employment, interview, illness or injury, it is possible to change the day. In case you wish to change the day for the recognition of unemployment, please apply for 5
6 the change by the day preceding the forthcoming day for the unemployment recognition. For this application, the submission of a certificate of employment, a certificate of interview or other document which allows the fact be confirmed is required. If you are unable to visit the PESO on the day for the recognition of unemployment, please inform the PESO in advance. (3) Sickness and injury allowance If you become unable to take up a job for more than 15 consecutive days due to a sickness or an injury after you apply for employment at the PESO, basic allowance will not be paid but in place of it, sickness and injury allowance of the same amount will be paid within the limit of the prescribed term of benefit. To apply for this allowance, the application for the payment of sickness and injury allowance should be submitted to the PESO together with the qualified recipient s identification card on the first day for the recognition after your recovery. In case you are prevented from visiting the PESO for a long period of time by a sickness or an injury, you have to report it to the PESO over the phone or by a person to represent you to receive instruction. (4) Extension of the benefit-receivable period The benefit-receivable period of employment insurance is one year from the day following the day of loss of employment in principle (one year plus 30 days for persons whose prescribed terms of benefit are 330 days). In the event you are unable to work for 30 or more days continuously on account of a sickness, an injury, pregnancy, childbirth, childcare, etc. during this period, the benefit-receivable period may be extended by the number of days on which you are unable to work within the limit of three years maximum. The extendable periods for persons whose prescribed terms of benefit are 330 days are 3 years minus 30 days. To apply for this measure, you should give notice to the PESO having jurisdiction over your domicile or dwelling place within one month from the day following the day on which you became unable to work for more than 30 consecutive days for one of the above-mentioned reasons (such a notice may be submitted by your representative or by mail). (5) In case you were reemployed but resigned again If you gained new qualification to receive the unemployment benefit at the new company, you can get basic allowance based on that new qualification. Even if you didn t get new qualification, you are eligible to receive basic allowance and working allowance within the days of prescribed term of benefit left, before the benefit-receivable period is completed. This is limited to the case that you quit the new job within your benefit-receivable period. 6
7 But in case you got the reemployment allowance or working allowance when you were reemployed, then we will calculate the days left based on the idea that basic allowance has been paid during the days on which you got these allowance. For further information on the Employment Insurance System, please contact the Public Employment Security Office. For Foreign Nationals Wishing to Work in Japan Information you will need to work legally and comfortably in Japan (booklet) 7