Supplementary Provisions, Article 15Provisional Measures concerning Employment Adjustment Grant

①With regard to the target period (hereinafter in this Article and Article 15-3 of the Supplementary Provisions referred to as the "COVID-19 special target period") pertaining to an employer that falls under Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (i), (a), whose target period under Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a), (1) before the amendment by the Ministerial Order Partially Amending the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Insurance Act, etc. (Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare No. 66 of 2024; hereinafter referred to as the "2024 Amending Ordinance") (that target period is hereinafter referred to as the "target period" in this Article and Article 15-3 of the Supplementary Provisions) begins on a day in the period from January 24, 2020 to November 30, 2022, and that has been abruptly compelled to curtail business activities due to economic reasons accompanying the novel coronavirus infection (such an employer is hereinafter referred to as a "COVID-19-affected employer" in this Article through Article 15-4 of the Supplementary Provisions), the provisions of the proviso to Article 102-3, paragraph (3) do not apply.

②The number of days of leave, etc. prescribed in Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a) (limited to leave, etc. for which an employment adjustment grant is paid; hereinafter in this Article through Article 15-4 of the Supplementary Provisions simply referred to as "leave, etc.") that was implemented during the COVID-19 special target period is not included in the number of payment days on or after the first day of the target period of the reference employment adjustment grant prescribed in the proviso to Article 102-3, paragraph (3).

③For the application of Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii) before the amendment by the 2024 Amending Ordinance to a COVID-19-affected employer, the phrase "one year counting from the day designated by that employer (for an employer that has previously received payment of an employment adjustment grant as falling under (a) of the preceding item, limited to where that designated day is more than one year counting from the day following the last day of the immediately preceding target period of that employer)" in (a), (1), (i) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "one year counting from the day designated by that employer (where the day designated by that employer falls during the period from January 24, 2020 to March 31, 2022, from the day designated by that employer until March 31, 2023)".

④For the application of Article 102-3, paragraph (3) to the leave, etc. of covered insured persons prescribed in Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a) as applied with replaced terms pursuant to the preceding paragraph (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "covered insured persons"), which a COVID-19-affected employer implements, the phrase "reaches 100" in the main clause of Article 102-3, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "reaches the number of days obtained by adding to 100 days the number of days of implementation of leave, etc. (limited to leave, etc. for which an employment adjustment grant is paid) whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from January 24, 2020 to November 30, 2022".

⑤With regard to leave, etc. of covered insured persons implemented by a COVID-19-affected employer, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination prescribed in Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a), (5) (hereinafter in this Article, the following Article and Article 15-4 of the Supplementary Provisions referred to as the "base period for determination") begins on a day in the period from April 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 102-3, paragraph (2), item (i) before the amendment by the 2024 Amending Ordinance, the amount obtained by adding training expenses according to the number of days on which the educational training prescribed in item (ii), (a) of paragraph (1) of that Article was conducted (hereinafter in this Article referred to as "training expenses") to 2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer) of the amount calculated as an amount equivalent to the amount of allowances or wages paid to covered insured persons pursuant to the provisions of that item for that leave, etc. (where the amount obtained by dividing that fraction of the amount by the number of days forming the basis of payment of those allowances exceeds 15,000 yen, the amount obtained by multiplying 15,000 yen by that number of days) is to be paid.

⑥With regard to leave, etc. of covered insured persons implemented by a COVID-19-affected employer, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from May 1, 2021 to November 30, 2022, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 102-3, paragraph (2), item (i) before the amendment by the 2024 Amending Ordinance, the amount specified in each of the following items is to be paid according to the categories of leave, etc. set out in those items.

⑦For the application of paragraph (5) to a COVID-19-affected employer that falls under all of the following items, the phrase "2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "3/4 (10/10 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer)".

⑧For the application of paragraph (6) to a COVID-19-affected employer that falls under all of the following items, the phrase "2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer)" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "3/4 (9/10 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer)".

⑨With regard to leave, etc. of covered insured persons implemented by a small and medium-sized enterprise employer among COVID-19-affected employers, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from January 8, 2021 to April 30, 2021, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 102-3, paragraph (2), item (i) before the amendment by the 2024 Amending Ordinance and paragraphs (5), (11), (14) and (17) of this Article, the amount obtained by adding training expenses to 4/5 of the amount calculated as an amount equivalent to the amount of allowances or wages paid to covered insured persons pursuant to the provisions of that item for that leave, etc. (where the amount obtained by dividing that 4/5 amount by the number of days forming the basis of payment of those allowances exceeds 15,000 yen, the amount obtained by multiplying 15,000 yen by that number of days) is to be paid.

⑩For the application of the preceding paragraph to an employer under that paragraph that falls under all of the following items, the phrase "4/5" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "10/10".

⑪For the application of paragraph (6), items (i) through (iii) to leave, etc. of covered insured persons implemented by a COVID-19-affected employer, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period set out in Article 32, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act on Special Measures Against Novel Influenza (Act No. 31 of 2012; hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "Novel Influenza Special Measures Act") (limited to leave, etc. implemented between January 8, 2021 and September 30, 2022 at facilities located in the target area; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), upon receiving a request from the governor of the prefecture to which the area set out in item (ii) of that paragraph pertaining to the declaration of a state of emergency for novel influenza, etc. prescribed in Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Novel Influenza Special Measures Act (hereinafter in this paragraph and the following paragraph referred to as the "target area") belongs, which the governor makes with regard to the target area during that period in accordance with the basic action policy prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (1) of the Novel Influenza Special Measures Act (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "basic action policy"), to implement closure, a change of business hours, a restriction on the occupancy rate of the facility or on the number of persons who can use the facility, or refraining from providing food and drink, or any other measure determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau, at the facilities prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Order for Enforcement of the Act on Special Measures Against Novel Influenza (Cabinet Order No. 122 of 2013; hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "Novel Influenza Special Measures Act Enforcement Order"), and to leave, etc. at the facilities that received that request, implemented by an employer that implemented that leave, etc., for covered insured persons, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from the day following the last day of that period to the last day of the month following the month containing the last day of that period, the phrase "2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer)" in paragraph (6), item (i) is deemed to be replaced with "4/5" and the phrase "13,500 yen" with "15,000 yen"; the phrase "2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer)" in item (ii) of that paragraph with "4/5" and the phrase "11,000 yen" with "15,000 yen"; and the phrase "2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer)" in item (iii) of that paragraph with "4/5" and the phrase "9,000 yen" with "15,000 yen".

⑫For the application of paragraph (6), item (iv) to leave, etc. of covered insured persons implemented by a COVID-19-affected employer, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period set out in Article 32, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Novel Influenza Special Measures Act (limited to leave, etc. implemented between October 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022 at facilities located in the target area; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), upon receiving a request from the governor of the prefecture to which the target area belongs, which the governor makes with regard to the target area during that period in accordance with the basic action policy, to implement closure, a change of business hours, a restriction on the occupancy rate of the facility or on the number of persons who can use the facility, or refraining from providing food and drink, or any other measure determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau, at the facilities prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Novel Influenza Special Measures Act Enforcement Order, and to leave, etc. at the facilities that received that request, implemented by an employer that implemented that leave, etc., for covered insured persons, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from the day following the last day of that period to the last day of the month following the month containing the last day of that period, the phrase "2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer)" in paragraph (6), item (iv) is deemed to be replaced with "4/5", and the phrases "the maximum daily basic allowance amount" and "that amount" with "12,000 yen".

⑬For the application of the preceding two paragraphs to an employer under those paragraphs that falls under all of the items of paragraph (10), the phrase ""4/5"" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with ""10/10"".

⑭For the application of paragraph (6), items (i) through (iii) to leave, etc. of covered insured persons implemented by a COVID-19-affected employer upon receiving a request, which the governor of the prefecture to which an area determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau among the areas set out in Article 31-4, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Novel Influenza Special Measures Act (hereinafter in this paragraph and the following paragraph referred to as a "priority area") belongs makes in accordance with the basic action policy in the period and area (limited to an area within a priority area) that the governor determines under Article 31-6, paragraph (1) of the Novel Influenza Special Measures Act, to implement a change of business hours, a restriction on the occupancy rate of the facility or on the number of persons who can use the facility, or refraining from providing food and drink, or any other measure determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau, at the facilities prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Novel Influenza Special Measures Act Enforcement Order, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in that period (limited to leave, etc. implemented on or before September 30, 2022 at facilities located in the priority area; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), and to leave, etc. at the facilities that received that request, implemented by an employer that implemented that leave, etc., for covered insured persons, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from the day following the last day of that period to the last day of the month following the month containing the last day of that period, the phrase "2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer)" in paragraph (6), item (i) is deemed to be replaced with "4/5" and the phrase "13,500 yen" with "15,000 yen"; the phrase "2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer)" in item (ii) of that paragraph with "4/5" and the phrase "11,000 yen" with "15,000 yen"; and the phrase "2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer)" in item (iii) of that paragraph with "4/5" and the phrase "9,000 yen" with "15,000 yen".

⑮For the application of paragraph (6), item (iv) to leave, etc. of covered insured persons implemented by a COVID-19-affected employer upon receiving a request, which the governor of the prefecture to which a priority area belongs makes in accordance with the basic action policy in the period and area (limited to an area within a priority area) that the governor determines under Article 31-6, paragraph (1) of the Novel Influenza Special Measures Act, to implement a change of business hours at the facilities prescribed in Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Novel Influenza Special Measures Act Enforcement Order, a restriction on the occupancy rate of the facility or on the number of persons who can use the facility, or refraining from providing food and drink, or any other measure determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in that period (limited to leave, etc. implemented from October 1, 2022 to November 30, 2022 at facilities located in the priority area; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph), and to leave, etc. at the facilities that received that request, implemented by an employer that implemented that leave, etc., for covered insured persons, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from the day following the last day of that period to the last day of the month following the month containing the last day of that period, the phrase "2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer)" in that item is deemed to be replaced with "4/5", and the phrases "the maximum daily basic allowance amount" and "that amount" with "12,000 yen".

⑯For the application of the preceding two paragraphs to an employer under those paragraphs that falls under all of the items of paragraph (10), the phrase ""4/5"" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with ""10/10"".

⑰For the application of paragraph (6), items (i) through (iii) to leave, etc. of covered insured persons implemented by a COVID-19-affected employer that meets the requirements determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau as those of an employer whose business conditions have particularly deteriorated, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from January 8, 2021 to September 30, 2022, the phrase "2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer)" in item (i) of that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "4/5" and the phrase "13,500 yen" with "15,000 yen"; the phrase "2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer)" in item (ii) of that paragraph with "4/5" and the phrase "11,000 yen" with "15,000 yen"; and the phrase "2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer)" in item (iii) of that paragraph with "4/5" and the phrase "9,000 yen" with "15,000 yen".

⑱For the application of paragraph (6), item (iv) to leave, etc. of covered insured persons implemented by a COVID-19-affected employer that meets the requirements determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau as those of an employer whose business conditions have particularly deteriorated, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from October 1, 2022 to November 30, 2022, the phrase "2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer)" in that item is deemed to be replaced with "4/5", and the phrases "the maximum daily basic allowance amount" and "that amount" with "12,000 yen".

⑲For the application of the preceding two paragraphs to an employer under those paragraphs that falls under all of the items of paragraph (10), the phrase ""4/5"" in those provisions is deemed to be replaced with ""10/10"".

⑳With regard to leave, etc. of covered insured persons implemented by a COVID-19-affected employer, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from December 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 102-3, paragraph (2), item (i) before the amendment by the 2024 Amending Ordinance, the amount obtained by adding training expenses to 1/2 (2/3 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer) of the amount calculated as an amount equivalent to the amount of allowances or wages paid to covered insured persons pursuant to the provisions of that item for that leave, etc. (where the amount obtained by dividing that fraction of the amount by the number of days forming the basis of payment of those allowances exceeds the maximum daily basic allowance amount, the amount obtained by multiplying that amount by that number of days) is to be paid.

（二十一）For the application of the preceding paragraph to leave, etc. of covered insured persons implemented by a COVID-19-affected employer that meets the requirements determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau as those of an employer whose business conditions have particularly deteriorated, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from December 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023, the phrases "the maximum daily basic allowance amount" and "that amount" in that paragraph are deemed to be replaced with "9,000 yen".

（二十二）For the application of paragraph (20) to an employer under the preceding paragraph that falls under all of the items of paragraph (10), the phrase "1/2" in paragraph (20) is deemed to be replaced with "2/3", and the phrase "2/3" with "9/10".

（二十三）For the application of Article 102-3, paragraph (1) before the amendment by the 2024 Amending Ordinance to leave, etc. of covered insured persons implemented by a COVID-19-affected employer, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from January 24, 2020 to June 30, 2023, the phrase "all of the following items" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "all of items (i), (ii) and (iv)".

（二十四）For the application of Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii) before the amendment by the 2024 Amending Ordinance to leave, etc. of covered insured persons implemented by a COVID-19-affected employer, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from January 24, 2020 to March 31, 2023, the phrase "an insured person whose period of continuous employment as an insured person with that employer, as of the day before the first day of the base period for determination prescribed in (5), is less than six months, insured persons, etc. who have been given notice of dismissal" in (a) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "insured persons, etc. who have been given notice of dismissal"; the phrase "for a part of the prescribed working hours on a scheduled working day" in (a), (2), (i) of that item with "for a part of the prescribed working hours on a scheduled working day, or is determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau as necessary for stabilizing the employment of workers"; in (a), (5) of that item, the phrase "1/15" with "1/30", the phrase "1/20" with "1/40", and the phrase "is equal to or more than the number of days obtained by multiplying the total number of scheduled working days for covered insured persons in that base period for determination by 1/15 (or by 1/20 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer (meaning an employer whose stated capital or total amount of investment does not exceed 300 million yen (50 million yen for an employer whose principal business is retail trade or services, and 100 million yen for an employer whose principal business is wholesale trade), and an employer whose number of regularly employed workers does not exceed 300 (50 for an employer whose principal business is retail trade, and 100 for an employer whose principal business is wholesale trade or services); the same applies hereinafter))" with "is equal to or more than the number of days obtained by multiplying the total number of scheduled working days for covered insured persons in that base period for determination by 1/30 (or by 1/40 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer (meaning an employer whose stated capital or total amount of investment does not exceed 300 million yen (50 million yen for an employer whose principal business is retail trade or services, and 100 million yen for an employer whose principal business is wholesale trade), and an employer whose number of regularly employed workers does not exceed 300 (50 for an employer whose principal business is retail trade, and 100 for an employer whose principal business is wholesale trade or services); the same applies hereinafter)), or that meets the requirements determined by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau as equivalent thereto"; and the phrase "an insured person whose period of continuous employment as an insured person with the employer of that place of business, as of the day before the day of secondment, is less than six months, insured persons, etc. who have been given notice of dismissal" in (b) of that item with "insured persons, etc. who have been given notice of dismissal".

（二十五）For the application of Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii) before the amendment by the 2024 Amending Ordinance to the secondment, during the period from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2023, of an insured person subject to secondment prescribed in (b) of that item as applied with replaced terms pursuant to paragraph (3), made by a COVID-19-affected employer, the phrase "three months" in (b), (2) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "one month".

（二十六）The provisions of the preceding paragraphs do not apply to another target period where the first day of that other target period falls within the COVID-19 special target period.