Supplementary Provisions, Article 133

Taking into consideration that the provisions of Article 64-2, paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) before amendment under Article 4 of the Act on Arrangement of Related Acts to the Ministry of Labour for Securing Equal Opportunity, Treatment between Men and Women in Employment (Act No. 92 of 1997) ceased to apply on April 1, 1999 to women 18 years of age or over who did not fall under the category of persons provided by the order prescribed in Article 64-2, paragraph (4) before that amendment, and also taking into consideration that the impact which significant changes in the vocational life of the women in question, who constitute workers taking care of their children or other family members (limited to women prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; referred to as "specified workers " below in this Article) will bring on their family life, when the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare establishes the standards referred to in Article 36, paragraph (2) of this Act, the Minister is to establish the standards for the specified workers (limited to those who notify their employers of their intention to shorten their overtime work) separately from the standards for those other than specified workers, regarding the limits on the extension of working hours provided for in the agreement in Article 36, paragraph (1) of this Act, and establish them so that the working hour extension limit is shorter than that of the standards for those other than specified workers, for the period prescribed by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. In this case, the standard regarding the limit on the extension of working hours per year must be established in order to not exceed 150 hours.