If a participant of an individual-type pension plan who is a category I EPI insured person (excluding the persons set forth in the items of Article 62, paragraph (2); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) whom a small and medium-sized employer employs make contributions pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (limited to the case where they make payments through the small and medium-sized employer pursuant to the provisions of Article 70, paragraph (2)), the small and medium-sized employer may periodically make contributions at least once a year, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order, by obtaining the consent of a labor union consisting of the majority of the category I EPI insured person, if there is any such labor union, or the consent of the person representative of the majority of the category I EPI insured person, if there is no labor union consisting of the majority of the category I EPI insured person.
If a small and medium-sized employer makes contributions under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "small and medium-sized employer's contributions"), they may specify certain qualifications to be fulfilled for persons to be subject to the small and medium-sized employer's contributions. In this case, the small and medium-sized employer must obtain the consent referred to in that paragraph.
If a small and medium-sized employer specifies the qualifications referred to in the preceding paragraph, those qualifications must not be unreasonably discriminatory against specific persons.
The amount of the small and medium-sized employer's contribution is decided or changed by the small and medium-sized employer pursuant to the provisions of the individual-type pension plan rules.
When a small and medium-sized employer decides or changes the amount of the small and medium-sized employer's contribution pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, or when it ceases to make small and medium-sized employer's contributions, the small and medium-sized employer must give notice to the persons subject to the small and medium-sized employer's contributions, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
When a small and medium-sized employer makes small and medium-sized employer's contributions, the employer must make notification of the employer's name, address, and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to the Association in advance, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. In this case, upon receiving the notification, the Association must send a copy of the documents pertaining to the notification to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
If a small and medium-sized employer has made notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph and if there has been a change to any matter of which notification was made, or if the employer ceases to make small and medium-sized employer's contributions, or in other cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the employer must make notification to that effect to the Association without delay, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. In this case, upon receiving the notification, the Association must send a copy of the documents pertaining to the notification to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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