For the application of Article 102-3, paragraph (1) before the amendment by the 2024 Amending Ordinance to an employer (excluding a COVID-19-affected employer) that implements leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from December 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023, that falls under Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (i), (a), and that has been abruptly compelled to curtail business activities due to economic reasons accompanying the novel coronavirus infection, only with regard to that leave, etc., the phrase "all of the following items" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "all of items (i), (ii) and (iv)".

For the application of Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a) before the amendment by the 2024 Amending Ordinance to a COVID-19-affected employer that has received payment of an employment adjustment grant for leave, etc. paid as falling under Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) during the COVID-19 special target period, and that intends to newly receive payment of an employment adjustment grant for leave, etc. paid where it falls under item (i), (a) of that paragraph between April 1, 2023 and November 30, 2024 (limited to leave, etc. conducted in a target period different from the COVID-19 special target period), the phrase "the last day of the immediately preceding target period" in (a), (1), (i) of that item is deemed to be replaced with "the last day of the immediately preceding base period for determination (meaning the base period for determination prescribed in (5), limited to one for which an employment adjustment grant has been paid for leave, etc. within that base period for determination)".

For the application of Article 102-3, paragraph (1) before the amendment by the 2024 Amending Ordinance to an employer that falls under Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) (excluding a COVID-19-affected employer) and that implements leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from April 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023, only with regard to that leave, etc., the phrase "all of the following items" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "all of items (i), (ii) and (iv)".

①With regard to the target period (referred to as the "special target period" in paragraphs (2) and (7)) 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 2024 Amending Ordinance (hereinafter in this paragraph and paragraph (7) simply referred to as the "target period") begins on a day in the period from January 1, 2024 until the day on which six months have passed counting from that day, and that has been abruptly compelled to curtail business activities due to economic reasons accompanying the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake (such an employer is hereinafter referred to as a "disaster-affected employer" in this Article), 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) implemented during the special target period (limited to leave, etc. for which an employment adjustment grant is paid; hereinafter in paragraphs (4) and (6) simply referred to as "leave, etc.") 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 paragraph (3) of that Article.

③With regard to a disaster-affected employer, Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii) does not apply, and, with 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 Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii) before the amendment by the 2024 Amending Ordinance deemed to be replaced with "insured persons, etc. who have been given notice of dismissal", the phrase "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) of that item with "the day designated by that employer", 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", the matter is to be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of that item.

④With regard to leave, etc. of covered insured persons prescribed in Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a), at a place of business located within the area of Niigata Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture or Fukui Prefecture at the time of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, implemented by a disaster-affected employer, notwithstanding paragraph (2), item (i) of that Article, 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 to 2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer) of the amount calculated by the method determined by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as an amount equivalent to the amount of allowances or wages paid to covered insured persons pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), item (i) of that Article for that leave, etc. (where the amount obtained by dividing that 2/3 (or 4/5) 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 the maximum daily basic allowance amount by that number of days) is to be paid.

⑤With regard to the secondment of an insured person subject to secondment prescribed in Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii), (b), at a place of business located within the area of Niigata Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture or Fukui Prefecture at the time of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, made by a disaster-affected employer, notwithstanding paragraph (2), item (iii) of that Article, 2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer) of the amount borne, based on the contract under (b) of item (ii) of paragraph (1) of that Article, for the wages during the secondment period (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as the "payment period") pertaining to the person seconded as prescribed in (b) of that item (where that amount exceeds the amount obtained by multiplying the amount of that person's ordinary wages before the secondment by 165 and further multiplying the amount so obtained by the number obtained by dividing the number of days of the payment period by 365, the amount obtained by multiplying that amount of ordinary wages by 165 and further multiplying the amount so obtained by the number obtained by dividing the number of days of the payment period by 365) (where that 2/3 (or 4/5) amount exceeds the amount obtained by multiplying the maximum daily basic allowance amount by 330 and further multiplying the amount so obtained by the number obtained by dividing the number of days of the payment period by 365, the amount obtained by multiplying the maximum daily basic allowance amount by 330 and further multiplying the amount so obtained by the number obtained by dividing the number of days of the payment period by 365) is to be paid.

⑥For the application of Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii) before the amendment by the 2024 Amending Ordinance and the main clause of Article 102-3, paragraph (3) to leave, etc. of covered insured persons prescribed in Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a), at a place of business located within the area of Niigata Prefecture, Toyama Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture or Fukui Prefecture at the time of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, implemented by a disaster-affected employer, the phrase "1/15" in (a), (5) of item (ii) of paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "1/30", the phrase "1/20" with "1/40", and the phrase "reaches 100" in the main clause of paragraph (3) of that Article with "reaches 300".

⑦The provisions of the preceding paragraphs do not apply to another target period where the first day of that other target period falls within the period of six months counting from the first day of the special target period.

①With regard to the target period (referred to as the "special target period" in paragraphs (2), (6) and (8)) pertaining to an employer that falls under Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) (limited to an employer that received payment of an employment adjustment grant pursuant to paragraph (1) of that Article or the preceding Article during the period from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024 and that has a place of business located in the jurisdictional areas of the Nanao Public Employment Security Office and the Wajima Public Employment Security Office (hereinafter in this Article and the following Article referred to as the "target area")), whose target period under Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a), (1) (hereinafter in this paragraph and paragraphs (7) and (8) simply referred to as the "target period") begins on a day in the period from January 1, 2025 until the day on which two months have passed counting from that day, and that has been abruptly compelled to curtail business activities due to economic reasons accompanying the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake and the September 2024 Heavy Rain (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "Noto earthquake and heavy rain disaster"), and that, among such employers, carries out efforts to promote secondment as provided by the Director-General of the Employment Security Bureau (such an employer is hereinafter referred to as an "employer affected by the Noto earthquake and heavy rain disaster" in this Article), the provisions of the proviso to paragraph (3) of that Article do not apply.

②The number of days of leave, etc. prescribed in Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a) implemented during the special target period (limited to leave, etc. for which an employment adjustment grant is paid; hereinafter in paragraphs (4) through (8) simply referred to as "leave, etc.") 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 paragraph (3) of that Article.

③For the application of Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii) to an employer affected by the Noto earthquake and heavy rain disaster, 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", and the phrase "one year counting from the day designated by that employer at the time of the notification under the following item (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 later of the following days (limited to days within the immediately preceding target period of that employer))" with "one year counting from the day designated by that employer at the time of the notification under the following item (where the day designated by that employer is on or after January 2, 2025, from the day designated by that employer until December 31, 2025)".

④With regard to 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 the following paragraph and paragraph (6) simply referred to as "covered insured persons"), at a place of business located within the target area at the time of the Noto earthquake and heavy rain disaster, implemented by an employer affected by the Noto earthquake and heavy rain disaster, notwithstanding paragraph (2), item (i) of that Article, 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 to 2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer) of the amount calculated by the method determined by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as an amount equivalent to the amount of allowances or wages paid to covered insured persons pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), item (i) of that Article for that leave, etc. (where the amount obtained by dividing that 2/3 (or 4/5) 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 the maximum daily basic allowance amount by that number of days) is to be paid.

⑤For the application of Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii) and the main clause of Article 102-3, paragraph (3) to leave, etc. of covered insured persons at a place of business located within the target area at the time of the Noto earthquake and heavy rain disaster, implemented by an employer affected by the Noto earthquake and heavy rain disaster, the phrase "1/15" in (a), (5) of item (ii) of paragraph (1) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "1/30", the phrase "1/20" with "1/40", and the phrase "reaches 100" in the main clause of paragraph (3) of that Article with "reaches 300".

⑥With regard to leave, etc. of covered insured persons, being leave, etc. whose base period for determination begins on a day in the period from September 20, 2024 to December 31, 2024 (limited to leave, etc. implemented on or before December 31, 2024), at a place of business located within the target area at the time of the Noto earthquake and heavy rain disaster, implemented by an employer affected by the Noto earthquake and heavy rain disaster (limited to an employer that received payment of an employment adjustment grant for leave, etc. paid as falling under Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) during the special target period), notwithstanding paragraph (2), item (i) of that Article, 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 to 2/3 (4/5 for a small and medium-sized enterprise employer) of the amount calculated by the method determined by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as an amount equivalent to the amount of allowances or wages paid to covered insured persons pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2), item (i) of that Article for that leave, etc. (where the amount obtained by dividing that 2/3 (or 4/5) 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 the maximum daily basic allowance amount by that number of days) is to be paid.

⑦The number of days pertaining to the leave, etc. in the preceding paragraph 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).

⑧The provisions of the preceding paragraphs do not apply to another target period where the first day of that other target period falls within the period of six months counting from the first day of the special target period or of the leave, etc. in paragraph (6).

With regard to leave, etc. of covered insured persons prescribed in Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (ii), (a), at a place of business located within the area of Kumamoto Prefecture at the time of the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake (limited to leave, etc. whose target period under (a), (1) of item (ii) of that paragraph begins on a day in the period from July 28, 2026 until the day on which six months have passed counting from that day), implemented by an employer that falls under Article 102-3, paragraph (1), item (i), (a) and that has been abruptly compelled to curtail business activities due to economic reasons accompanying the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake, the provisions of paragraph (2), item (ii) of that Article do not apply.